Retired bishop condemns ‘unprofessional’ DSS arrest of cleric in Taraba

The retired Bishop of the Global Methodist Church of Nigeria (GMCN), Rev. John Wesley, connected Tuesday condemned the alleged mode successful which Rev. Bazel Yoila was arrested astatine his residence successful Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday.

Wesley alleged that operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) carried retired the arrest, describing the cognition arsenic “unprofessional.” He maintained that Rev. Yoila deserved to beryllium treated with dignity arsenic a Nigerian citizen.

Residents surviving adjacent the cleric’s location supported Wesley’s position, claiming that DSS operatives stormed the premises astatine astir 2:23 am, allegedly gaining entree done the perimeter fence.

Family members of Rev. Yoila besides alleged that the operatives broke windows and forcefully entered the location astatine gunpoint earlier taking him away.

Speaking with journalists astatine the household residence successful Jalingo, Mrs Yoila narrated the incident, saying the acquisition near the household traumatised.

“We were dormant astir 2:30 americium erstwhile we heard our canine barking. My hubby got up and said it seemed similar kidnappers were entering done the fence. We were terrified. The children were screaming. The men came with guns, broke our windows, and forcefully took my hubby away,” she said.

She added that the equipped men aboriginal identified themselves arsenic DSS operatives.

Rev. Yoila was...