The Convener of the Coalition of National Interest Defenders, the group that alerted the public on the alleged plot by the Department Of State Services (DSS) to frame the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for terrorism financing, has raised the alarm over what it called the declaration of war on its members by the secret service, for exposing the plot.
In a statement in Owerri, Imo State, the convener, Barr. Tochukwu Ohazuruike, said: “The DSS has declared war on our members for daring to expose the plot.
“They have arrested a member of our leadership, Meliga Godwin, who was arrested, beaten, and handcuffed in his home like a common criminal before being dragged away.
“Reports of strange visits to the homes of other members of our leadership have also been reported and this is becoming worrisome.”
The lawyer declared that he will be returning to Abuja by Wednesday as the group leaders were not on the run having not committed any crime known to law.
“You can all remember that even at our exposure press conference, we informed the world that it was likely that we would be targets of attack by the SSS and we are not surprised by what is happening now.
“We have not committed any known crime so the worst he can do is to threaten, intimidate, harass, detain us beat us, injure us but he should know that we know that patriotism comes with a a price and citizens from time immemorial have paid such prices.
“We would only remind the DSS that those who punished patriotic citizens always ended up paying worse prices,” the statement added.
