{"id":51725,"date":"2021-10-13T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome"},"modified":"2021-10-13T17:33:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:33:49","slug":"why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome","title":{"rendered":"Why DSS released Chiwetalu Agu \u2013 Ozekhome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has disclosed why the Department of State Services, DSS, released Nollywood veteran, Chiwetalu Agu.<\/p>\n

Ozekhome said Agu was released after they searched his phones and found nothing incriminating.<\/p>\n

The 65-year-old actor was first arrested by the Nigerian Army last Thursday for wearing Biafra regalia in Onitsha, Anambra State.<\/p>\n

He was arrested in Upper Iweka Bridge by soldiers while carrying out a charity exercise.<\/p>\n

Agu was, however, released by the Nigerian Army on Friday, but was re-arrested by DSS operatives.<\/p>\n

The secret police was said to have transferred the veteran actor to Abuja for interrogation.<\/p>\n

However, Ozekhome said Agu committed no offence to warrant his arrest.<\/p>\n

He disclosed this in a statement he signed titled: \u2018Chiwetalu Agu Released By DSS\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral interactions were held by the chambers with the DSS operatives, who were, however, very civil and very cooperative.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgu was released this (Tuesday) evening to Steve Eboh and Monalisa Chinda (Director of Media, Actors Guild of Nigeria), by the DSS at their headquarters in Abuja, after a careful search on his phones showed nothing incriminating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has disclosed why the Department of State Services, DSS, released Nollywood veteran, Chiwetalu Agu. Ozekhome said Agu was released after they searched his phones and found nothing incriminating. The 65-year-old actor was first arrested by the Nigerian Army last Thursday for wearing Biafra regalia in Onitsha, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":51724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17,28,26],"tags":[1570,2140,5619,119,254,1150],"class_list":["post-51725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-chiwetalu-agu","tag-dss","tag-nigeria","tag-ozekhome"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy DSS released Chiwetalu Agu \u2013 Ozekhome - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has disclosed why the Department of State Services, DSS, released Nollywood vet ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why DSS released Chiwetalu Agu \u2013 Ozekhome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has disclosed why the Department of State Services, DSS, released Nollywood vet ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-13T16:31:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-10-13T16:33:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-61670a51395c4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Why DSS released Chiwetalu Agu \u2013 Ozekhome\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-13T16:31:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-10-13T16:33:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-61670a51395c4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Chiwetalu Agu\",\"DSS\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ozekhome\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Culture and Art\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/culture-and-art\/why-dss-released-chiwetalu-agu-ozekhome\",\"name\":\"Why DSS released Chiwetalu Agu \u2013 Ozekhome - 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