The Department of State Security
Services (DSS) yesterday implicated a Southsouth governor in a subversive plot
against the Federal Government.
It also accused the governor of allegedly sponsoring those behind
demanding the resignation of its Director- General, Mr. Lawan Daura.
The governor was said to be under investigation also for
sponsoring violent demonstration.
A top official made the disclosures at a confidential briefing in
Abuja against the backdrop of a protest on Monday by a pressure
group, Lawyers in Defence of Democracy.
The official said unknown to Nigerians
,
the Monday protest had a hidden agenda.
The highly-placed source said: “The Monday protest by the so called
Lawyers in Defence of Democracy was misplaced. We believe that that protest by
the group, claiming to be acting on behalf of some aggrieved lawyers and Human
Rights activists, has other hidden motives.
“The protesters’ main grouse was that some
lawyers who are members of their group are being detained by the DSS. I wish to
state categorically that no lawyer is in our custody. I repeat, no lawyer is
being detained in DSS custody.
“The names like Ugochukwu Apumaga, Emeka
Dibia and Ejike Nwachukwu that were paraded on Monday by the protesters as
members of their group are not lawyers.
“They were arrested by the service for
their role in the botched moves by a South-South Governor to orchestrate
violent demonstration with inciting and subversive posters.
”Ikenga Ugochukwu was arrested with
the trio.This is no longer secret because it was made public by the Service.
“In any case, the Service is not known to
be in denial of any arrest it had ever made as it always avail members of the
public of those it arrested and the reasons.
“It is therefore curious and even strange
if these organizations being mentioned are not pseudo organizations being used
by Ikenga, to carry out paid jobs
“As far as the Service is concerned, there is no lawyer in detention and if
these persons mentioned are lawyers, it will be helpful if any discerning
person can inform the Nigerian public when they were called to the Bar or which
law schools or Universities they attended.”
The DSS attributed the calls for the
removal of its DG to the alleged subterranean activities of the governor.
The official added: “The entire campaign
of calumny and calls for the resignation of the DG DSS are not supported with
facts.
“They represent a familiar pattern from
Ikenga, who is being sponsored by a South-South governor (his benefactor in
Rivers state) to orchestrate violent demonstration to paint security agencies
and government in bad light.”
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