DSS raid on Dasuki, Are, others
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-
Kayode has reacted to arrest of some prominent
Nigerians by security agencies.
In a statement he sent to DAILY POST
Wednesday evening said, he called of the
government of President Muhammadu Buhari to
use its strength to defeat the Boko Haram sect,
rather than flouting court orders and infringing on
citizens’ human rights to score political points.
“I have just spoken to Colonel Kayode Are, the
former D-G of DSS during President Olusegun
Obasanjo’s administration and the former Acting
National Security Adviser to President Goodluck
Jonathan and I am deeply concerned. He told me
that his house is under siege and that gunshots
are being fired at him and his family as we were
speaking.
“I am not sure what the issue is about but a
situation where security men go to the home of
a respected patriot like that and start shooting at
him and his family for whatever reason is
unacceptable and extremely dangerous.
“When you consider what is happening in Are’s
home and marry with the shameful manner in
which Colonel Sambo Dasuki, Chief Raymond
Dokpesi, Governor Attahiru Bafawara, Alhaji
Bashir Yuguda, Nnamdi Kanu, Godswill Orubebe,
Bukola Saraki, Sule Lamido and others are being
persecuted, threatened and demonised by the
Federal Government it is clear that we are now
in a police state in which law and order has
broken down and in which anything can happen.
“The case of Dasuki was particularly bad. He
was barricaded in his home against court orders
and treated like an animal for three weeks. He
was humiliated and subjected to mental and
psychological torture for no just cause for that
period of time even though the courts had told
the DSS to let him travel out of the country for
urgent medical attention.
“Instead of doing so after three tortuous weeks
the DSS stormed his home, held everyone
captive at gunpoint, grabbed him in front of his
family, bundled him in a car and carried him to
an unknown destination without any lawful
authority or any arrest warrant.
“As far as I am concerned they are trying to kill
him simply by denying him the right to see his
doctors even though they know that he is very
sick. If this were not the case then why are they
indulging in all this dangerous and reckless
drama.
“If they want to prosecute him that is fair
enough but at least they should ensure that he
stays well and that he remains alive and that
they don’t kill him. You cannot prosecute a dead
body and you cannot charge a man to court after
he is dead.
“I saw Dasuki on various occasions before his
arrest and I assure you that he really is very ill.
What harm could have been done by allowing
him to see his doctor as the courts ordered?
Does he not have the right to live and get
medical treatment? Is it not clear that there is
more to this than meets the eye? Why are people
remaining silent when this is a clear case of
vendetta, vengeance, wickedness, injustice and a
crude attempt to destroy, silence and kill an
innocent man? It is Dasuki today but it could be
anyone else tomorrow.
“The truth is that the Buhari government is
playing a dangerous game of Russian roulette
with a loaded gun and if they are not careful it
will soon explode. If they are not careful they
will soon lose the confidence and trust of the
people.
“They do not fear God. They are vindictive, petty,
vicious, unforgiving and unjust and if they
continue in this way apart from alienating the
people they run the risk of provoking the wrath
of God.
“If they have any evidence of wrongdoing on the
part of Dasuki or anyone else then they should
present it in court rather than on the pages of
newspapers and if they wish to charge anyone
they should go ahead and do so in a lawful,
proper and civilized manner. The era of
witchhunting and demonising people and
attempting to cower and subdue them into
silence are long over.
“Those of us that oppose this government can
never be intimidated or silenced because God is
with us. If we could stand up against military
dictatorship in the past, we can stand up against
civilian dictatorship today. Anything outside of
prosecuting people in a lawful manner and
according to due process is barbaric and
unacceptable and our President needs to be
reminded that he is not running a military
government but a democratic one.
“This attempt to silence us with guns, bullets,
threats of arrest and prosecution, violence,
storming of homes, locking up of relatives,
kidnapping of citizens, shameful lies, baseless
allegations, demonisation in the media and
disinformation will not work. They do not have
enough prisons to silence the voice of the
Nigerian people or to break their spirit and no-
one is intimidated by the governments evil
tactics and wicked ways. My message to
President Buhari is simple and clear: stop
terrorizing your own people and save your terror
waves and gestapo tactics for Boko Haram....
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