by Azeez Adeniyi
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said a federal agency is protecting former President Goodluck Jonathan’s aide, Kingsley Kuku, from prosecution, Daily Trust reports.
Kuku, who was presidential adviser on Niger Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme has been accused of sponsoring militants activities in the Niger Delta.
According to a DSS official, Kuku is being shielded by a federal agency with a mandate of investigating and prosecuting corruption in the country.
He said, “It is sad to note that, in the course of our investigation, we discovered that an agency which is also saddled with an investigative authority is rather creating a platform for criminal fugitives.”
“We discovered, in particular, a fugitive who is widely known to have looted our common wealth still has the audacity to use the machinery of that particular agency to harass and hunt adversaries who are aware of his loot and heinous crimes,” the secret service chief said.
“From our findings, we discovered that the agency in reference is now in criminal connivance with fugitive Kingsley Kuku, former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on the Federal Government Amnesty Programme on the Niger Delta,” the official said.
“It is rather disturbing that Kingsley Kuku, a fugitive, who is believed to be funding some illegal raids like the one carried out on the residence of former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chibudom NWUCHE, is planning to assume the behind-the-scene leadership of the unified South-South arms struggle to gain relevance in the present government, aimed at avoiding possible searchlight on the atrocities committed during his tenure as Special Adviser for the Amnesty Programme,” the DSS source said.
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