The
President Muhammadu Buhari administration is currently being threatened
by a powerful South-south governor working assiduously to dent the
popularity of the Federal Government.
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) yesterday
implicated a Southsouth governor in a subversive plot against the
Federal Government according to The Nation.
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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