Nigeria, March 23 -- The Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has demanded the immediate release of 26 of its members it said are being detained by the State Security Services (SSS).

ABSON's lawyer, Rilwan Idris, who made the call at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday.

According to him, the SSS operatives had arrested and detained the BDC operators without charging them to court, in what he described as a breach of their "fundamental human rights".

He said SSS had been holding his clients after inviting them from Kano, Yola, Sokoto, Minna and Lagos for questioning over two weeks ago.

He added that the 26 detainees had not been allowed access to their families, and that letters of inquiry about the offences ...