The households of Nurudeen Adesiyan and Kehinde Akintunde have cried for assist after the lovers had been taken away by males of the Division of State Companies suspected to be from the Abuja headquarters.
Nurudeen and Kehinde had been reportedly apprehended on November 29 at Arowosola Quarters, Ajape, Modakeke, Osun State.
Based on relations, the lovers have been held incommunicado since their arrest, and their whereabouts are unknown.
Talking with Sunday PUNCH, Boyenle Adesiyan, the elder brother to Nurudeen, mentioned efforts to find the duo had been abortive.
He mentioned the DSS officers, who invaded their home round 5 am with 4 automobiles, didn’t disclose the station they got here from and the place they had been taking the lovers to.
Boyenle mentioned, “My brother (Nurudeen) texted me round 5 am on the twenty ninth of November, telling me that safety males had been at our home however they had been but to arrest anyone. I replied to the message instantly however Nurudeen didn’t reply.
“Round 6 am, my mom referred to as to tell me that the personnel hijacked the door from her when she wished to wash. She mentioned the officers took her telephone and requested who ‘Kehinde 2’ on her name log was.
“She mentioned the officers requested her to cause them to Kehinde’s home, unknown to them that the mentioned Kehinde was together with her and standing beside them. Kehinde is my brother’s fiancée and she or he stays in our home often. They arrested my brother and Kehinde, and my mom, and led them to Kehinde’s home.”
Based on Boyenle, when the lads obtained to Kehinde’s home, they allegedly ransacked the place and destroyed some issues.
She added that the operatives additionally seized telephones and beat up the victims.
“They arrested each member of Kehinde’s household and drove them away. However after they obtained to Neighborhood Grammar Faculty, they freed Kehinde’s relations. However she and my brother, Nurudeen, had been taken away.
“Since then, we now have not heard something from the DSS, Nurudeen and Kehinde. The DSS didn’t inform us the place they got here from or the place they had been taking our individuals to. We visited the DSS workplace in Ile-Ife, and we had been informed the officers who arrested Nurudeen and Kehinde had been personnel of the service.
“Nevertheless, they didn’t disclose the place they got here from. Once we visited their workplace a second time, they didn’t give us any affordable response once more.
“We would like most people to assist us; we wish to know the whereabouts of our individuals and the offence they had been arrested for. They aren’t criminals. They’ve rights,” she acknowledged.
Giving an account of the arrest, Gbenga Akintunde, an elder brother to Kehinde, mentioned the DSS officers threatened to shoot him when he demanded what his sister’s offence was and the place they had been taking him to.
He mentioned, “My mum referred to as me very early to tell me that some safety operatives had invaded our home. Once I obtained to our home, I met the DSS officers. I requested them what the problem was however as an alternative of answering, they threatened to shoot me.
“They broke into our home, beat and arrested everyone, together with my mom. In addition they seized their telephones and drove them away with out leaving any data. Once they obtained to the group college, they freed the individuals and returned their telephones, whereas they drove away Kehinde and her boyfriend.
“We went to the DSS workplace in Ile-Ife to report the case and we had been informed that the personnel had been DSS officers, however we weren’t informed the place they got here from.
“Now we have not been in a position to attain each Kehinde and Nurudeen since then. Typically, their telephone would ring however no person would reply the decision.”
Gbenga mentioned he was not allowed to enter the DSS workplace when he visited to ask if the lovers had been being held there.
Efforts to get a response from the Osun command of the DSS proved abortive.
However a reputable supply on the headquarters informed Sunday PUNCH that the operation was carried out by personnel from the nationwide headquarters.
“We’re conscious of the case however we didn’t perform the operation. The operatives had been from Abuja,” the supply mentioned.
The DSS head workplace in Abuja doesn’t have a spokesman.