A group, Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has expressed concern over what it referred to as defiance of court orders by the Department of State Services (DSS).
This was contained in a statement signed by the chairman board of trustees of the forum, Mohammed Danlami and made available to newsmen in Kaduna.
Danlami stated that they are genuinely worried and concerned that a security agency as crucial and central to our nation’s security and safety is refusing to listen to the court orders, stressing that the ideal situation is for DSS to work hand in hand with the court to maintain law and order, but the contrary is the case now.
The group stressed that “We have a leadership of the service that has refused to obey court orders, it has continued to keep people in detention even when the court judgement says otherwise. Nnamdi Kanu, Godwin Emefiele, Abdulrasheed Bawa, Aminu Yaro Dogara are a few examples of such. This is direct defiance of court order. This must not continue and cannot be tolerated.”
CNF also averred that the DSS is failing in providing synergy between the security agencies, adding that this may be why the security situation in the country is going from bad to worse.
“The poor supply of intelligence has led to the failure of taming the various security challenges the country is bedeviled with. The DSS that is supposed to be top on the chain of intelligence supply has lost its credibility, value under Bichi and is acting as if it’s not a secret service but regular police.
“They use social media more than even ordinary Nigerians. The DSS have almost lost its asset of being secretive and it’s now domesticated to the knowledge of the public. This has contributed to the deterioration of security.
“We fear and consequently caution President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to act now or face a security situation even worse than that of his predecessor. Frankly speaking, you cannot have as the head of your top security agency a man that cannot keep his family in check, age is really clamping down on him and he needs to rest. The job is tedious, very hectic, rough and demanding, and therefore requires a younger, more active, agile and vibrant fellow,” he said.
Danlami also said, “with the way and manner the DSS boss is determined to keep his job under this new administration, Nigerians will not be shocked if we wake up one day and read ‘DSS Arrest Former President Buhari’.
“For a better Nigeria and to keep to the promise of renewed hope, we appeal to President Tinubu to sack the DG DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi because DSS under him is nothing to write home about and advisably implement a total overhaul on the Department of State Services.”
