The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Iyorchia Ayu, has been warned to avoid making unguarded statements against the Department of State Services, DSS and other security agencies in the country.
Dr. Ayu had in a political function in Owerri said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will not use the security agents to harass and intimidate innocent citizens if when it takes over from the ruling party..
In a statement made available to newsmen by the secret police, the DSS described Ayu’s statement as “unjustified, unfair, speculative and preposterous.”
Part of the statement reads; “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. Dr Ayu knows that the Service is a frontline guardian of democracy and respects the rule of law in Nigeria. It is committed to the protection of the people.
“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”.
The DSS enjoined the public to disregard Dr Ayu’s statement also asking politicians to desist from making unguarded utterances with tendencies to breach public order.
