Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Department of the State Service (DSS) to immediately release a Jalingo based businessman, Ntari Hassan Danladi allegedly clamped into detention more than six months ago.
The businessman was said to have been detained by the security agency over his alleged link with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran IPOB.
Danladi was specifically said to have been arrested on or about the 6th day of May 2021 and has been under the custody of the DSS without any complaint or any charge filed against him by the Federal Government.
Justice Chikere gave the order for his release while delivering judgement on a motion on notice marked FHC/ABJ/CS/450/2021), filed by Pius Danba Pius, on behalf of Danladi.
In an enrol order of the court obtained by judiciary correspondents on Thursday, Justice Chikere noted that the order to detain Danladi was made on the 24th day of June 2021 and that the order was to expire after ninety (90) days.
The court held that since the ninety (90) days detention order expired on the 22nd day of September 2021, “There is no application by the State Security Service for renewal of the detention order.