Protesters Wednesday morning stormed the office of the Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) in Yola and demanded the release of three members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The affected persons who were alledged illegally detained for seven days without trial include Yusuf Mohammed, Zira John and Solomon Abafras.
The protesters started the protest from State Headquarters of the PDP through Justice Buba Ardo Road to the DSS office in Yola where they presented their complaint letter.
Leading the protesters, the State Chairman of PDP, Barrister Tahir Shehu said the protest became necessary as their members were in detention since Wednesday last week.
He said their detention was beyond the time the constitution stipulates as according to him every Nigerian has a fundamental human right not to be kept in police custody for more than 48 hours.
The State Chairman said the DSS after receiving their complaint letter has assured to carry out investigation on the said members and do the needful as quickly as possible.
The persons were arrested after the recent governorship election controversies in the state as a result of illegal declaration of a winner by former Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari.
