On July 23, Jala Bayramova, Gubad Ibadoglu's daughter, reported that Gubad Ibadoghlu, the chairman of the Azerbaijan Democracy and Welfare Party (ADWP), was taken to the Department of Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She said that his father was detained while going to Sumgait to meet the youth. "The police are also searching the party's office," Jala Bayramova said.

ADW Party Board member Ellada Mammadova said that Gubad Ibadoglu was detained with his wife on Novkhani-Sumgayit road around 1-2 AM. According to her lawyer, Zibeyda Sadigova was also informed about this. Ellada Mammadova said that they opened a criminal case against Gubad Ibadoglu.

On the same day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan stated that Gubad Ibadoglu was detained within the framework of the operations carried out in connection with the supporters of Fethullah Gülen, a cleric living in the United States, whom the Ankara government accused of the coup attempt in 2016.

The Ministry added that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, based on the information received from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey, has conducted operational measures against persons associated with FETÖ [Fethullah Terrorist Organization] members in the country.

"One of the five people detained by the measures testified that he had a relationship with Gubad Ibadoglu. Based on that statement, Ibadoglu's office was searched, documents important to the case were discovered, and Gubad Ibadoglu was detained. Currently, the measures are being continued," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.

The search in Gubad Ibadoglu's office lasted for several hours. They took him out of his office with a black bag over his head. At that time, he shouted, "This is the order of Ilham Aliyev."

Moreover, lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova told Voice of America that Gubad Ibadoglu was detained as a suspect. Investigative actions will be continued tomorrow. "He has been charged with Article 204.1 of the Criminal Code (preparation of counterfeit money, valuable government securities or foreign currency, or securities denominated in foreign currency for sale, as well as acquisition or sale is punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to seven years," she said. According to the lawyer, Gubad Ibadoglu said the money did not belong to him.