Detained Ekiti lawmaker released by DSS Afraid he may die in custody

 


Mr. Akanni Afolabi, of  the Ekiti State House of Assembly who became the subject of a death  scare in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS last week  has regained his freedom.

 Afolabi who was freed after 18 days in  detention was, however, immediately admitted in a private hospital in  Abuja for treatment.
Akanni Akanni  The lawmaker was very weak and could barely speak when Vanguard visited  him at the hospital even as he kept repeating “I am not well. I am sick.  I am sick.”  He was receiving intravenous fluid in the private hospital as at the  time of the visit.

He, however, disclosed that he was treated for  malaria at the DSS detention facility after he collapsed two times.  He said his release may not be unconnected with his deteriorating health  situation, adding that he was not told by the DSS operatives why he was  he held.  Afolabi was picked up on March 4 when DSS operatives stormed the  premises of the State House of Assembly in Ado-Ekiti.  Ekiti Assembly reacts  The Chairman of the Ekiti Assembly Committee on Information, Hon Gboyega  Aribisogan, told Vanguard when the news of the lawmaker’s release  filtered to town that; 

‘’We are very happy about the development. The  entire  state  state is agog with jubilation.  ‘’His incarceration really bothered us.  ‘’I can confirm that every other person detained with him has also been  released.  ‘’Immediately he was released, Governor Ayodele Fayose ordered that he  be taken into a hospital, which is where he is now.’’