Don’t Honour DSS Invitation, SOKAPU Tells Bishop Kukah

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Monday, January 10th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Southern Kaduna People’s Union (SOKAPU) on Monday tasked Bishop Mathew Kukah not to honour an invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS) concerning his latest Christmas message.

It could be recalled that Kukah had berated President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the widespread insecurity bedeviling the country.

Issac John Sirjay, National Youth Leader of SOKAPU, in a statement on Monday, reacting to the invitation of the DSS to Bishop Kukah stated that it is a plot to silence the clergy concerning his statements in recent times.

The group also disclosed that former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia is a victim of DSS invitation.

“It observed how the operations in recent times extended invitations to some people who had at one time or the other accepted invitations, particularly persons considered to be critical of the nepotistic and clandestine leadership style of the Buhari administration.

“We mourned the sudden demise of Dr Obadiah Mailafia of blessed memory who until his death was a dogged critic of this administration and a regular visitor at one of the DSS facilities,” the statement said.

The statement stated that without ruling out any possibility of harm, it sees the invitation of Bishop Kukah by the DSS a plan to silence the clergy man.

It said, “It is unfortunate to note that with the recent declaration of bandits as terrorists by President Buhari, we had anticipated an invitation from the DSS to the likes of Sheikh Gumi who has always fronted and still fronts for terrorist bandit groups but the reverse is, however, the case.

“In light of the above, it suffices to state boldly that the DSS has unarguably deviated from its core mandate of protecting national security and has become a willing tool for the suppression of free speech.”