Family of an Islamic cleric, Akeugberu in Oyo town, Oyo state on Wednesday said they were afraid for life of a 52-year-old member of the family, Alhaji Azeez Morufu Akintunde who was whisked away penultimate Thursday by about 40 soldiers whose mission were yet unknown.
The head of the family, Sheik Taofeek Akeugbagold who addressed a press conference in Ibadan the state capital said about 40 soldiers stormed their family house in Oyo with the vehicles of Oyo state security outfit popularly called operation burst and took him away to unknown destination.
According to him, the phone number of one of the soldiers ceased to connect since the man was taken away.
Akeugbagold noted that the family got wind that the man had been held in cominicado at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Abuja, saying today made it 15days he was taken away.
“I am here today to appeal to the Nigeria military to release my brother. He was arrested in our family house in Oyo town on 18th of this month and yet to be released. This is the man that never had criminal case before. I am usually the one that do send money to him for upkeep.
“The military men came with vehicles of Operation Burst. Some people followed him to the operation burst office in Oyo but we heard he had been taken to Abuja for no reason. I am appealing to them to release my brother if they had done their investigation and he knows nothing about the reason he was arrested.
“He has a 95-year-old mother who has been in coma since the day he was arrested. Governor Makinde and the Nigeria Army should kindly help us to intervene and release my brother.”
When contacted, the administration officer of the Operation Burst, Abubakar Adamu confirmed the arrest, saying; “it was from Abuja.”
“I am aware of the arrest but it is from Abuja. The family had contacted me and I told them it is beyond us. We received signal to support them with logistics and that was why we release our vehicles to carry out the operation”, Adamu said.
