The female associate of Chief Sunday Adeyemo well known as Sunday Igboho has disregarded the allegations of being sexually molested by the Department of State Security (DSS) during her stay in their custody.
Ms. Hamudat Babatunde was among the people that were arrested at the residence of Adeyemo in Ibadan on July 1, 2021 for a peaceful agitation for Yoruba nation under the leadership of Prof. Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Igboho.
In a video seen online, Hamudat expressed that the report that she was tear-gassed in her private part by the DSS during her stay in the DSS custody was all false.
She stated that being a woman in an African society is enough reason why no woman will defame herself with such allegations, she also called that Adebare, a social media activist who had spread the news be investigated.
In her words: “This spurious and malicious allegation by Adebare, who has dedicated his Facebook page to destroy my integrity and disseminate blatant lies about the DSS, must be investigated”.
Recall that Hamudat and 11 others were granted bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
She claimed that the news had left her dumbfounded and beckoned on the police and other security agency to investigate the matter.
Read the full statement below:
“Though I spent 118 days in DSS custody after our arrest at Chief Sunday Adeyemo’s residence in Ibadan, I was never molested or s*xually abused by any agent or officer of the DSS. The man making this false claim must be arrested to face justice for choosing to spread falsehood to the public about the activities of the security agency.
“I have been traumatised and many people have been calling me about this destructive mission by Adebare. I’m a woman and any responsible woman worth her salt will not take kindly to action capable of impugning her womanhood in African society. This spurious and malicious allegation by Adebare, who has dedicated his Facebook page to destroy my integrity and disseminate blatant lies about the DSS, must be investigated.
“I have no regret being part of the peaceful agitation for Yoruba nation under the leadership of Prof. Banji Akintoye and Chief Sunday Igboho because our cause was constitutional, just and tenable.
“More importantly, the DSS should not allow this campaign of calumny against their organisation go without taking decisive action to bring the perpetrator to justice as a deterrent to others.”
