Sambo Dasuki on
February 23, 2019
Sambo Dasuki on
February 23, 2019 by PRNigeria
DSS, Dasuki’s family React to Rumours on Ex-NSA’s
death
The Department of State Security (DSS) has refuted the news
making the rounds that former National Security Adviser (NSA),
Colonel Sambo Dasuki, has died at their detention facility.
The news of Dasuki death had flooded various social media
platforms on the election’s day in Nigeria.
The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya while reacting to the news
of Dasuki’s death, said the immediate past NSA is not only alive,
but in good mental and health condition.
He described the news of Dasuki’s demise as fake, callous and
inciting, saying: “There is no iota of truth or credibility about
the rumoured death of Col. Sambo Dasuki. We make bold to state that
the former NSA is very much in good health and not dead. Therefore,
it behooves the general public to disbelief and condemns the
atrocious online story that Dasuki has died in DSS’ custody.”
Afunanya warned individuals and groups who take delight in
spreading unauthenticated, unverified, and malicious information in
order to achieve their devilish objective of inciting the public
against DSS, to desist from their callous attitude.
He also cautioned the public to be wary of mischievous stories
and fake news that have the potential to elicit violent reactions
from the public and threaten the peace and stability of the
country.
On their part, the family of the detained former NSA, expressed
rude shock over the news that he was dead.
A source in the family who spoke to PRNigeria in confidence,
said Dasuki who they had met on Friday, is very hale and hearty,
adding that they were surprised when some persons called to
sympathize with them over his death.
The family member said: “As of last night, he was hale and
hearty when he was visited. It is therefore strange to us when we
started to receive rumours of his death as some individuals were
even sending us messages of condolence. We don’t know the motive of
the rumours peddlers and the fake news promoters especially at this
period.”
Meanwhile, a correspondent of PRNigeria, a news agency on
security matters, met with the erstwhile NSA early Saturday on the
invitation of DSS where he was found to be hale and hearty.
Sambo Dasuki had recently berated the Federal Government over
his continued detention and disobedience to various court orders
that admitted him on bails since December 2015. In a strongly
worded letter, he personally signed and addressed to the Registrar
of the Federal High Court Abuja, Dasuki had vowed to boycott any
proceeding for his trial since the federal government had proved
beyond reasonable doubt that it would not obey any order of the
court even if it is in his favour.
Dasuki had previously perfected bails granted him by five
different judges of high courts including Justices Ademola Adeniyi,
Justice Ahmed Mohammed and Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Abuja
Federal High Court and Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf and Justice Peter
Affen of the FCT High Courts. The ECOWAS Court of Justice also
ordered his immediate release from detention.
By PRNigeria