SSS: We’ll No Longer Tolerate Religious, Political Leaders Threatening National Peace

The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned individuals
and groups whose utterances and actions threaten the peace and
sovereignty of the country.

Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr
Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Sunday, said deliberate
machinations by subversive and hostile groups whose agenda is to
throw the country into anarchy to serve the interests of their
sponsors would no longer be tolerated.

It reads: “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby
condemns the unsavoury statements by misguided elements who have
continued to threaten the government, sovereignty and corporate
existence of this country.

“Notable are the unnecessary vituperations and activities of
some religious and past political leaders who have either called
for forceful change of government or mass action against it.

“It has been established that the main objective for these is to
cause a disintegration of the country.

“It is unfortunate that those in the forefront of this are
respectable individuals who should be patriotic and not allow their
personal ambitions to ruin the nation.

“The Service has also noted their desperation and penchant to
collaborate with external forces and influences against
Nigeria.

“They are reminded that even though democracy offers free
speech, it does not give room to reckless pronouncements capable of
undermining security. It is instructive to note that the ballot box
remains the vehicle of change in a democracy.

“In this regard, self-centered individuals and groups are warned
to stop engaging in acts inimical to the peace and sovereignty of
this nation.

“In the same manner, influential personalities should be
sensitive to the emerging situations and guard against divisive and
inciting utterances that may cause a breakdown of law and
order.

“Recently, the Service invited and cautioned some persons who
deniably recounted their earlier statements or said they were
quoted out of context.

“The public should be wary of such individuals and their
co-travellers who, incite them in the open but, turn in the secret
to retrieve their words after they had caused the damage.

“While the Service reaffirms its unambiguous support to an
indivisible, indisolluble and united Nigerian State in accordance
with the provisions of the Constitution, it will no longer tolerate
deliberate machinations by subversive and hostile groups whose
agenda is to throw the country into anarchy so as to serve the
interests of their sponsors. Consequently, the Service is
assiduously working with other security and law enforcement
agencies to ensure the maintenance of peace and internal security
of the country.”

The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned individuals
and groups whose utterances and actions threaten the peace and
sovereignty of the country.

Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr
Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Sunday, said deliberate
machinations by subversive and hostile groups whose agenda is to
throw the country into anarchy to serve the interests of their
sponsors would no longer be tolerated.

It reads: “The Department of State Services (DSS) hereby
condemns the unsavoury statements by misguided elements who have
continued to threaten the government, sovereignty and corporate
existence of this country.

“Notable are the unnecessary vituperations and activities of
some religious and past political leaders who have either called
for forceful change of government or mass action against it.

“It has been established that the main objective for these is to
cause a disintegration of the country.

“It is unfortunate that those in the forefront of this are
respectable individuals who should be patriotic and not allow their
personal ambitions to ruin the nation.

“The Service has also noted their desperation and penchant to
collaborate with external forces and influences against
Nigeria.

“They are reminded that even though democracy offers free
speech, it does not give room to reckless pronouncements capable of
undermining security. It is instructive to note that the ballot box
remains the vehicle of change in a democracy.

“In this regard, self-centered individuals and groups are warned
to stop engaging in acts inimical to the peace and sovereignty of
this nation.

“In the same manner, influential personalities should be
sensitive to the emerging situations and guard against divisive and
inciting utterances that may cause a breakdown of law and
order.

“Recently, the Service invited and cautioned some persons who
deniably recounted their earlier statements or said they were
quoted out of context.

“The public should be wary of such individuals and their
co-travellers who, incite them in the open but, turn in the secret
to retrieve their words after they had caused the damage.

“While the Service reaffirms its unambiguous support to an
indivisible, indisolluble and united Nigerian State in accordance
with the provisions of the Constitution, it will no longer tolerate
deliberate machinations by subversive and hostile groups whose
agenda is to throw the country into anarchy so as to serve the
interests of their sponsors. Consequently, the Service is
assiduously working with other security and law enforcement
agencies to ensure the maintenance of peace and internal security
of the country.”