By BASHIR ADEFAKA
Attempt by elements hiding in darkness and throwing stones to the light over insecurity in the South East region of Nigeria has been busted, as effort made to shift responsibility of Dr. Chike Akunyili’s gruesome murder to the Department of State Services (DSS) is rebuffed.
Its rebuttal was made via a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER Wednesday night.
“The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to an allegation that its operatives killed Dr. Chike Akunyili. Also, the Service was alerted to a social media video claiming that the “Nigerian DSS” murdered security escorts at Nkpor, Anambra State on 28th September, 2021.
“The Service hereby denies these allegations and wishes to clearly state that they are spurious and illogical. There was no basis for the DSS to kill the Medical Doctor and/or fellow law enforcement agents. The Service cherishes life and believes in the rule of law.
“The public should therefore be wary of the false narratives by those desirous of using it (the Service) to cover up their heinous acts. The operations of these hostile elements are already well known in the public space and to the discerning.
“Moreover, their desperate effort to divert attention or deploy reverse psychology to deceive unsuspecting members of the public has become a stock in trade that has defined their patterns and trends. It is a matter of time before the law will catch up with them.
“Meanwhile, the Service and sister agencies will not relent in tracking down those behind the breakdown of law and order in parts of the country with a view to bringing them to justice,” the DSS said in the Afunanya’s statement.
The DEFENDER recalls a revelation by former Deputy Director of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Uche Okafor-Mefor, saying the terrorist group is behind the gruesome killings in the region only for it to shift the blames to others.
Mefor’s revelation might have been informed by some elements on social media trying to indefensibly blame the DSS for the medical doctor’s death, especially when some collaborators of the group said to be in the Nigerian media began to publish IPOB’s demand for Akunyili’s killers to be found.
Published demand by the terrorists for killers of the doctor was seen by many as attempt to twist a known story, as it is said that nobody does not know only IPOB is responsible for insecurity in the South East region as it stands.
The secret agency, nonetheless, came openly to dismiss such attempt to connect it with the unfortunate killing as, according to the statement, there was no reason for such heinous act to happen by the service.
