The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the removal of
the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Alhaji Lawal Daura,
over alleged partisanship.
According to the party, Daura was the chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) during the last presidential election campaign.
Addressing journalists shortly after the party’s National Working Committee meeting
on Wednesday, the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus,
accused the DSS under Daura of harassing, arresting and detaining members of the
PDP.
Secondus cited instances of arrest and detention of PDP members and electoral
officials in Akwa Ibom and Rivers States where the party’s victories in the last
governorship election were being challenged by the APC at the tribunals.
The party chairman said, “We wish to bring to the attention of Nigerians and the
international community the activities of the APC government. We have observed the
government of the APC, especially the DSS in the past few months.
“The DSS has continued to harass, arrest and detain PDP members as well as
officials over election petitions pending before tribunals in Akwa Ibom and Rivers
States.
“There is no reason for the harassment because it is against all known laws. We call
on President Buhari to call the DSS to order because the nation is gradually tending
towards anarchy.
“Daura was the chairman of APC’s Intelligence Committee during the last presidential
election campaign. As a member of the APC, he is partial and partisan. He cannot
be fair to the opposition. We call on President Buhari to review his appointment.”
