The Department of State Services (DSS) says the governor of a Rivers, Nyesom Wike has been sponsoring protests against the Federal Government and security agencies.
According to The Nation, the protest in Abuja by a group called “Lawyers in Defence of Democracy” was a sham.
A highly-placed source in the security agency 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 organisations being mentioned are not pseudo organisations 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 calls for the removal of its DG to 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.”
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
it is very unfortunate that the Dss has turned itself to a political tool of intimidation and and fed govt killing machine, forgetting that no regime last forever , today its intimidation of lawyers and judges tomorrow when they will be called to defend the role they played in this regime i will see who will be there counsels