Fayose: I can’t be intimidated by one million Buhari’s DSS
Taiwo Owoeye
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose at the weekend said if president Muhammadu Buhari invaded the State with one million armed men of the Department of the State Service (DSS) the government and the people of the State will never surrender governance of the State to another political desperadoes,whose four years reign destroyed the economy of the State.
The governor noted that the DSS under president Buhari was operating beyond its constitutional duties adding that “the government of Ekiti State may have to reconsider the usefulness of men of the DSS in the government house and other institutions of the State government”.
In a release issued on Sunday by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government was pursuing a clandestine agenda of truncating democracy in Ekiti State and other peoples Democratic party (PDP) controlled States like Rivers and Bayelsa.
Governor Fayose pointed out that the DSS under Buhari’s kinsman;Lawal Daura has abandoned its major duties of providing intelligence for the protection of internal security of Nigeria as provided in the Security Agencies Act Cap.N74LFN,2004 saying that instead of assisting the police, military and other security agencies with classified matters,we now have a DSS that is running after perceived opponents of the president.
Fayose explained that democracy in Nigeria is becoming unsafe in the hands of Buhari and his APC, adding that he will continue to speak his mind on issues of governance in Nigeria in the overall interest of democracy and well-being of Nigerians.
