DSS, APC lawless, Dasuki fumes

The former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, Thursday, accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of violating the law and harassing him even when the case the security agency has against him was already before a court.

Dasuki also accused the DSS and the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, of abuse of power.

He contended that the Boko Haram insurgency started because of the poor way things were handled in the past and that the DSS is towing the same line.

“Instead of following the legal way of doing things, some people decided to take the laws into their hands,” he said.

Dasuki, who was prevented by security operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, from embarking on a Federal High Court sanctioned medical trip to the United Kingdom, said, that the DSS, was determined to re-arrest him without any court warrant or fresh charges.

According to him, DSS operatives arrived his Abuja residence early Thursday and told his personal security at the gate that they wanted to deliver a letter of invitation for him to report at the SSS office by 11am.

“I told them that if it is just a letter of invite, they can drop it with my domestic staff, but they insisted that I must come out and collect it myself.

“I told them that unless they had a warrant allowing them to arrest me, I do not have to collect the letter from them and I am also not going anywhere without my lawyer,” he said.

He also explained that after he insisted on his position, the DSS operatives threatened his personal security saying they “can force themselves into the House”.

Speaking further, Dasuki alleged that his current travails started on Tuesday after Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High court ruled that his passport be returned to him to enable him go abroad for medical treatment, adding that he received “intelligence” that an order was given to the operatives to effect his arrest at the airport.

This, he said, made him not to leave for the trip on Wednesday as previously arranged.

The former NSA also confirmed that the DSS invited a former governor of Adamawa State, Boni Haruna, who stood as his surety in court, and intimidated him.

“They brought Boni Haruna to my house yesterday asking him to invite me to go with them just to clarify something. I told them that since this matter is in court, I am not under obligation to deal with them and advised them to go to court if they have any issue related to the case,” he said.

 

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