Department of State Services (DSS) has condemned the recent comments made by the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Iyorchia Ayu against security agencies including DSS.
Gatekeepers News reports DSS condemned Ayu’s comment he made at an event on 23rd February 2022 in Owerri, Imo State, Southeast Nigeria.
The DSS quoted Ayu saying that his party would not use the SSS to harass the people when they take over Aso Rock in 2023.
The Security agency in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya said “it wishes to state its disapproval of such statement which is considered unjustified, unfair, speculative, and preposterous.
“Except to malign and incite the people against it, the Service questions the rationale behind such an unprovoked description of it by Chief Ayu who had variously benefitted from it and indeed the State.
“Having served variously as Senate President, Minister of Education, Industry, Internal Affairs, and Environment, with full complements of Security details, he knows the Service is never used to harass the people. And if he ever used the details for negative purposes (unknown to the Service), he should know that the times have changed.”
Afunanya added that “Dr Ayu knows that the Service is a frontline guardian of democracy and respects the rule of law in Nigeria,” stressing that “it is committed to the protection of the people.”
The statement continued, “For the avoidance of doubt, it does not shield its personnel who offend its rules and in fact, laws of the land, from disciplinary action, thus the untruthfulness of his statement. The DSS has undoubtedly made profound sacrifices for the existence and unity of the country and will continue to, despite deliberate attacks on it.”
While enjoining members of the public to disregard Dr Ayu’s statement, DSS enjoined politicians to desist from making unguarded utterances with tendencies to breach public order adding that “the Service prefers that it is left out of any political fray as it is committed to maintaining usual neutrality and transparency in the discharge of its mandate.”
