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In an unprecedented move, the Department of State Services, DSS, has written one August #Endbadgovernance protester, Khalid Aminu, demanding a retraction of his recent claim that he was brutalized while in the custody of the security agency.

Aminu, an engineer by profession, was among several persons arrested in Kano and other parts of the North during the August #EndBadGovernance protests.

After his release, Aminu featured on a Channels Television programme where he alleged that DSS officers tortured him while in their custody.

“What I went through, what we went through was inhuman, I can’t even begin to tell you everything,” Aminu said.

“On the 3rd (of August), they arrested us at NEPA Roundabout. There and then they started beating us. Boots, kicks, and all that. Then they pushed all of us into their Hilux, some into their SUVs, and then we went down to the Command.

“When we got there, the first thing I received was a strong cane, like an armoured cable that they used. If I pull up my chest, you will see. They started beating me, I was flat down and they were blasting me with all forms of sticks, armoured cables, everything you can think of,” Aminu told the television station.

However, In a letter dated November 25, 2024, the DSS through their lawyer, Mohammed Sani Ndanusa, SAN, said Aminu deliberately made the allegations to tarnish the reputation of the security agency. Titled “Re: Allegation of Torture By Department of State Security Officials While Undertaking Custody in Kaduna,” the lawyer said Aminu’s claims were not only a misrepresentation of the facts, “but a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Department of State Security Services, as well as reducing our client’s hard- earned name within their professional realm.”

The lawyer further told Aminu, “You will agree with us that your above representation have caused our client a lot of embarrassment both within and outside Nigeria,” and advised him to “make a retraction .. and cause same to be published in three widely read newspapers, failure to which we shall be compelled… to initiate legal proceedings against you.”

Aminu’s torture claim appeared to conflict with those of other protesters who claimed to have been detained alongside him in the same DSS facility in Kaduna. In a recent interview, the protesters told newsmen in Kaduna that they were not tortured while in DSS custody.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/dss-threatens-to-sue-channels-tv-guest-over-torture-claims/amp/

I suspect exaggerations in what the guy said!

“When we got there, the first thing I received was a strong cane, like an armoured cable that they used. If I pull up my chest, you will see. They started beating me, I was flat down and they were blasting me with all forms of sticks, armoured cables, everything you can think of,” Aminu told the television station.

Everything you can think of like AK-47, 2 by 2 plank, iron rod,....no be you go dey talk on Channels now!

Many will still read the above and accuse me of saying the guy was not flogged!

He should be followed up

If he lied, he should be delt with. However, if it's the truth, the government has to compensate him.

This is Nigeria

They should sue Channels if truly the guys arrested were not tortured or why the announcement?

Tinubu and his ers are evil


Look how quickly Sanwo olu reprimanded his aide for sharing what they did to endsars protesters..

Evil men everywhere

There are more pressing security issues for DSS to face

Democrazy

Nigeria the land of the living

Except you come from a reputable family, it is considered normal practice for the Nigerian Police and their DSS counterparts to torture their detainees, irrespective of the supposed offence for which you're being arrested.

This is just a face saving gimmick by the DSS. They know the young man will most certainly have no hard evidence to present in court apart from his bodily injuries which cannot be verified to have been istered at the hands of their overzealous officers.

It's why they have the audacity to be talking nonsense through their lawyers.

Everybody knows that once you are apprehended by any security org in Nigeria, the first thing they do is to torture and dehumanise you. Im

What is the difference between what is happening now and what was happening during the Abacha's military era.


This is how many people were picked locked up and some killed.

And they want us to believe we have democracy.....


I'm just begging Tinubu and his ers to please kindly prepare to accept this kind of treatment when they are out of power because they are the number one PROPAGANDIST IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

Stop giving people what you will never accept in future o!

I'm begging my Tinubu ers friends.

DSS no go shame, it should be disbanded in my honest opinion.

They have time to follow up on tv interviews granted by inconsequential individuals in the society and even write them letters, chase after yahoo boys but they turn blind eyes to bandits showing off on tiktok, politicians displaying feets high bundles of raw cash etc.
very useless entity

nairavsdollars:
There are more pressing security issues for DSS to face

bandits are now online showcasing their activities, damning all consequences because they know the Nigerian security apparatus is also in shamble and nothing go happen, DSS and it's sister agencies ought to he working overtime to track these guys but they would rather go and watch channels TV interview, APC really bastardized this country for real.

DSS used to be very reputable, well organized and hardly heard of cos they were very discreet, same as SARS before APC took over 10 years ago

All security agencies in this country are seriously compromised God help us

Someone please assist me with any amount for foodstuffs please I'm soo hungry 🙏

We all know that's what DSS dey are good at,.

When did Nigerian security agencies start behaving professional towards the masses?

NGOs should quickly locate the boy and come to his rescue before they intimidate him in their usual manner

Mumu agency

augustine77:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/dss-threatens-to-sue-channels-tv-guest-over-torture-claims/amp/

Claim that isn't verified...
Sha journalism no easy oh... To give a true report you have to bcum a spy that is if you won't be charged with espionage

Y na ?

DSS became the shadow of itself under APC.

So the guy should shut up because his truth is affecting your client image... Hmmm... Wonder shall never cease to happen in naija, u beat someone and told him not to cry else you'll sue him for crying... Wahala dey too much for this corn-tree aswear

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Not surprised. Evil everywhere, everyday.

The truth is DSS can't just detain the protesters feed them till they're released without some form of molestation. If DSS didn't abuse the protesters, then the arrest will be like an holiday, but I bet you, these guys were given the beating of a lifetime and threatened not to say anything about it if not there'll be consequences. The other former detainees are too afraid to speak up, only Aminu has the balls to speak and doesn't care about the consequences

augustine77:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/dss-threatens-to-sue-channels-tv-guest-over-torture-claims/amp/

erniok:
Clickbait topic. Nowhere was it mentioned that channels was threatened. The mod that moved this to FP doesn't know his job.

Channels TV guest

DSS and their madness, the lap dogs of any government in power.

REALretep:
Channels TV guest

Thanks for pointing it out.

Can you imagine the audacity.
DSS is threatening the guy for saying the truth.
E go soon over this Tinubu.

DSS legal department should caution most of their unprofessional and power-wielding operatives. You can only deny that it's not the outfit's rules of engagement but absorbing all operatives is a no, no. It makes you look childish.

Thank goodness the DSS isn't demanding such retractions from some innocent Igbo Youths who experienced torture, and brutalization and some killed and discarded by labelling them IPOB

That's who most of their operatives are, they're beasts and unprofessional