Edo Comedian Arrested By DSS Regains Freedom

A High Court of justice, sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital has granted bail to the comedian and vlogger, Chukwu Emeka, arrested by the Department of State Services.

The mother of the comedian, Mrs. Magaret Chukwu, confirmed the release to our correspondent, Tuesday afternoon, a PUNCH report says.

The lawyer, who later took over the case, identified as Matthew Osa-Oghogho, also announced the release of the comedian, popular known as Broda Mike on his Facebook account.

“Today, the High Court of justice sitting in Benin released Comedian Emeka Chukwu Aka #BrotherMike to bail. He was arrested by the Department of State Services and accused of inciting the Public. The court agreed with our submission that the application for the remand of Mr. Chukwu is unmeritorious and therefore admitted him to bail. We stand for justice always and at all times!” He posted, sharing a picture of himself and Broda Mike.

It was gathered that the comedian was arrested by the DSS on June 14 for allegedly inciting the public.

The DSS was going to detain the comedian till July 7, according to a report from the lawyer earlier handling the case, Mr Obo. This would have made him spend 23 days at the detention.

Reacting to his release, the human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, who had been at the forefront campaigning for his release, said he was glad to hear of Broda Mike’s freedom the DSS detention.

Sowore, in a chat with our correspondent, said, “I am glad that #BrodaMike is out of unjust detention by lawless DSS. We will not allow any agency of the Nigerian govt particularly of the intolerant Buhari regime to toy with freedoms naturally guaranteed to Nigerians, we’ll continue to stand firmly and relentlessly against any unjust violation of these freedoms.

“They would have kept him there had we not brought this to the attention of the public.”