Federal Government has an ulterior motive for holding a member of the Assembly, Hon. Afolabi Akanni, and keeping mute about what it knows about three others abducted by the Department of State Services on March 4
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Justice Taiwo held: “Order is hereby made granting the applicant the leave to serve the respondent through other means, that is, Punch and Tribune newspapers, both which are national dailies
Justice Taiwo Taiwo, while delivering the ruling on Friday in suit number FHC/AD/CS/8/16 filed on behalf of Hon. Akanni by his counsel, Obafemi Adewale, said the DSS did not meet all the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) in arresting the lawmaker
Gboyega Aribisogan, said the call for Buhari to direct the release of the detained legislators has become imperative because the DSS would not embark on such action without presidential approval
According to a press statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, Fayose who was reacting to the development for the first time since the DSS officials invaded the House of Assembly Complex, Ado-Ekiti and whisked four lawmakers away, said he remains resolute in his determination to criticise obnoxious policies of President Muhammad Buhari in the interest of Nigeria and democracy
According to a statement by the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Chief Olugboyega Aribisogan, the two positions were contained in a separate resolutions passed by the House at its plenary on Wednesday
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that members and staff of the Assembly scampered for safety when armed operatives of the DSS invaded the Assembly complex last week Friday
The Assembly members, who vowed not to collaborate with anyone to truncate the government of Governor Fayose, added that they were prepared to spend the rest of their tenure in DSS cell, instead of joining people that they roundly defeated in five straight elections to cause another political instability in Ekiti State
The House raised the alarm at a press conference addressed by the Speaker, Right Honourable (Pastor) Kola Oluwawole; his deputy, Right Honourable Segun Adewumi; chairman of House Committee on Health, Dr Babajide Omotoso, and other House members that were not affected by the DSS abduction, on Saturday
He stated that “In a bid to employ propaganda to manipulate the international community against the efforts of the Federal Government, in the ongoing war against terror in the North-West region, MUSA had approached a foreign mission in Nigeria for logistics and financial support to fight the Boko Haram
Vanguard gathered that the security officials were said to have received petitions that Umeh was among those supporting the pro-Biafra agitators, whose leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is still being detained by the security operatives
NAN reports that Danjuma’s abduction occurred two weeks after the mother of the state Deputy Governor, Hajiya Beli Manu, was kidnapped for several hours before she was released
The Caretaker Chairman of the council, Steven Agya, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo.
Agya said the council had mobilised youths to join hands with security agents in searching for the kidnapped man
The DSS in a statement by Tony Opuiyo on Tuesday said the civil servant, Uwem Udo Ekpo, a Chief Programme Analyst in the Office of the Accountant General of the Fedration, was working with a gang led by one Sunny Okoh, a hacker
Kanu, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu were charged with treasonable felony, unlawful possession of firearms and conspiracy.
The association said the letter was a reminder of its earlier petition submitted to DSS on September 22, 2015, in which it expressed concern over the misuse of the mandate given to the NANS executive
Bubuche warned members of the public to desist from sending their sensitive photographs to the Internet so that criminals would not use them against them
Meseko said the duo had reported to the headquarters of the DSS in Abuja on invitation at about 10am only to be taken into custody without any cogent reason till 5pm when they were released
Addressing newsmen at the residence of Ubani at Ovom in Obingwa Local Government Area, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Bonnie Iwuoha, said the government demands explanation from the security agencies on why they invaded the residence of the commissioner and two-time member of the House of Representatives at the wee hours of the morning
Waziri said as security agencies, they will continue to educate Nigerians on the roles of security agencies and how to divulge information in order to curb insecurity