Court Grants Lagos Assembly Staff, Who Allegedly Assaulted DSS Officers Bail

Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted bail to three legislative staff of the Lagos State House of Assembly, who allegedly assaulted some operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Justice Osiagor granted Ibrahim Olanrewaju, Adetu Adekunle, and Fatimoh Adetola bail in the sum of N3 million with one surety each.

The judge ordered that the sureties must be Grade Level 12 employees or equivalent.

In the charge, marked FHC/L/273C/2025, dated February 24, 2025, and filed on Tuesday, the DSS accused the defendants, along with others still at large, of conspiring to assault officers of the State Security Service while they were performing their official duties without any reasonable excuse.

The agency alleged that on February 17, 2025, at the Lagos State House of Assembly, the three defendants aided and abetted each other in obstructing the officers of the State Security Service while they were carrying out their duties without just cause.

The DSS further accused the defendants of cyberstalking by recording and disseminating false information on social media to cause a public breakdown of law and order.

The agency stated that the defendants allegedly conspired to commit a felony by willfully misdirecting electronic messages to social media to embarrass the State Security Service and its officials.

The DSS also claimed that the defendants used an iPhone 12 Pro Max to record false information and post it on social media for circulation, with the intent of causing embarrassment to the State Security Service and inciting a breakdown of law and order.

The offence allegedly violated sections 516 of the Criminal Code Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, as well as sections 27(1)(b), 24(1)(b), 24(c)(i), and 11 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 (as amended), 2024. The defendants pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to them. Justice Osiagor has adjourned the case to June 24 for trial.