Isah, who has spent close to two months in custody, was expected to regain his freedom after meeting the terms set for his bail.

Nigerian secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), has continued to detain the embattled President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Atiku Abubakar Isah, despite his compliance with all bail conditions, SaharaReporters has learned.

Isah, who has spent close to two months in custody, was expected to regain his freedom after meeting the terms set for his bail.

However, a source told SaharaReporters on Thursday that the secret police requested additional paperwork from his legal team on Wednesday.

According to the source, the legal team representing Isah promptly submitted the documents as requested, yet the agency still refused to release him.

"DSS has refused to release NANS President, Isah, after completely fulfilling his bail conditions,” the source said.

"They requested for more paper work on Wednesday and after his lawyers passed them over to them, they still refused to release him."

SaharaReporters has previously reported that the DSS on Tuesday arraigned Isah before a Magistrate Court in Abuja.

Isah, who appeared in court wearing black clothing, had reportedly been brutalised by a rival NANS faction allegedly backed by President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu.

He was granted bail in the sum of ₦5 million with one surety in like sum.

Speaking to SaharaReporters, human rights lawyer, Marshal Abubakar of the Falana & Falana Chambers, who is representing Isah, disclosed that the DSS charged his client with "inciting public disturbance and impersonating a public officer."

According to him, Isah was accused of inciting students to breach public peace at a lawful student assembly and disrupting a meeting of individuals described as the “elected” NANS leadership.

The DSS also alleged that Isah falsely represented himself as the President of NANS.