The Department of State Services
has denied that its operatives abducted Sen. Dino Melaye as alleged in some
media.
A statement by the Public
Relations Officer of the service, Mr Peter Afunanya, said that the police
brought Dino to its medical facility.
“The Service wishes to state that
the information, as being misrepresented by sections of the media, is far from
the truth,”he said.
Afunanya added that there was no
time Dino was abducted by the service.
“The fact is that it was the
Police that brought him to the DSS facility after obtaining a 14-day detention
warrant with effect from Jan.9.
“The aim of bringing him to the
Service’s facility is to complement Police efforts in giving the Senator a
deserved medical attention,” he said.
He explained that the Service
accepted him in line with medical ethics and spirit of inter-agency
cooperation.
The spokesman said the
clarification became necessary to address the allegation that hooded men
suspected to be DSS operatives abducted him from the Police hospital.
“The DSS, therefore, reiterates
and assures the public of its commitment to professionalism and respect for
human rights in its operational engagements,” he said.
Also, Force Spokesman, acting DCP
Jimoh Moshood had earlier explained in a statement that Dino was moved to the
DSS facility in Abuja, for further medical attention.
The News Agency of Nigeria
recalls that Melaye collapsed after surrendering to the police who had laid an
eight-day siege on his residence for allegedly failing to honour its invitation
with regards to the accusation of attempted culpable homicide. ( NAN)
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