4 Years After, DSS Frees 4 Suspected IPOB Members, Pays N20m Compensation

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released four suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) after investigations cleared them of allegations linking them to the separatist group.
The Service also approved N20 million as compensation for the four individuals, with each expected to receive N5 million.
The suspects, identified as Emele Uduma Ibe, Berefgagha Appah, Ondokeyilemi Aggry, and Oyeinmokebebeton Aggry, were arrested in May 2022 in the Sampou and Akeddei communities in the Kolokuma/Opokuma and Sagbama Local Government Areas of Bayelsa State.
Security sources disclosed that investigations established that the four men had been misled into beli...