Igboho takes AGF, DSS to Supreme Court over N20b compensation

Seeks reversal of A’Court judgment

The Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has approached the Supreme Court, Abuja, to seek the reversal of a judgment of the Court of Appeal, which set aside the N20 billion exemplary and aggravated damages awarded to him against the Federal Government.

It would be recalled that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) had in the early hours of July 1, 2021, raided Igboho’s residence at Soka, Ibadan, killing two persons and destroying property, including cars and other valuables worth millions of naira.

Igboho took the DSS and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) before an Oyo State High Court for the violation of his fundamental human rights.
Presiding Justice Ladiran Akintola, who adjudicated on the matter, in September 2022, awarded N20 billion in damages against the Federal Government.

However, Igboho, in a suit marked SC/CV/1436/22 and filed by his counsel, Yomi Alliu (SAN), before the Supreme Court in Abuja and dated March 10, 2025, listed 19 grounds of appeal, surmised to 11 for determination. Joined as defendants in the suit include the AGF, DSS and Oyo State Director of DSS.

According to the court documents, obtained by The Guardian, yesterday, Igboho urged the apex court to determine whether his fundamental rights had been breached and/or threatened to be breached thereby situating his application in fundamental rights enforcement proceeding rather than in torts as held by the lower court (Grounds 1 & 2), among others.