Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Department of State Services has told a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba that some sensitive national security matters cannot be brought to court hence its decision to
detain a trader, Anthony Okolie, for 10 weeks without a valid court order.
Addressing the court, the DSS lawyer said if the agency had applied to the court to let Okolie be detained, sensitive information could have leaked to third parties. Justice Dimgba, however, expressed surprise at Daubry’s claim, saying, “You cannot go to court with what?” “Now, my lord, if we file under the ACJA that we need an order to keep him in SSS custody, it will mean filing at the registry. Between the registry and when it will be convenient for my lord to hear the application, the information is divulged.”
The judge responded, “If it wasn’t clear that it was terrorism or something else, does it not mean you ought to have done more investigation before the arrest was made?”
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