Five #BuhariMustGo protesters who were arrested and manhandled during a Sunday service of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (Glory Dome), Abuja, by the church officials and the Department of State Services have dragged the church and the DSS to court over their illegal, arrest, detention and violation of their human rights.

Globalvoice obtained the court papers filed by the activists, bearing their names; Ben Manasseh, Emmanuel Larry, Samuel Gabriel, Anene Victor Udoka, and Henry Nwodo as the applicants.

 

The activists who went to the church to worship were arrested for wearing #BuhariMustGo T-shirts on Sunday have been subjected to degrading treatments by the service and not allowed access to their lawyers and families. 

The respondents are: the State Security Service (also known as the DSS), the Director-General of the SSS, the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Pastor-in-charge of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche.

The suit is being heard at the Federal High Court of Nigeria; Abuja judicial division.

In the court paper with suit No: FHC/ABJ/C5/638/2021 obtained by SaharaReporters on Thursday night, which was filed at the Federal High Court, the activists accused the DSS of violating their rights by refusing to release them.