Count Us Out From The Abduction Of Senator Dino Melaye – DSS

The Department of State Services has said that its operatives were not in any way involved in the alleged abduction of Senator Dino Melaye from the Police hospital and forcefully took him to the Service’s medical facility in Abuja. 

The Service in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Peter N. Afunanya said that the information, as being misrepresented by sections of the media, is far from the truth, adding that the DSS had, at no time, abducted the Senator.

According to Afunanya; “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 9th January, 2019. 

“The aim of bringing him to the Service’s facility is to complement Police efforts in giving the Senator a deserved medical attention.

“Consequently, the Service, in line with medical ethics and spirit of inter-agency cooperation, accepted him.

“This clarification has become necessary in order to address the false allegation that hooded men suspected to be DSS operatives abducted the Senator from the Police hospital.” 

Accordingly, the DSS, reiterates and assures the public of its commitment to professionalism and respect for human rights in its operational engagements.