On Friday, an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay Chief Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Igboho, $20 billion in damages for the invasion of his home.
In early July, DSS operatives raided Igboho’s home in the Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, at midnight.
According to the secret police, Igboho had the opportunity to flee after an hour-long gunfight.
The raid on Igboho’s home was predicated on intelligence that he had stockpiled weapons there, according to DSS spokesman Peter Afunnaya.
“On approach to the residence, the team came under heavy gun attack by nine men, suspected to be Igboho’s guards. Six of them were armed with AK-47 guns and three others, with pump-action rifles,” Afunnaya said in a statement.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN