We Did Not Torture Buhari’s Driver To Death – DSS

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Thursday, April 8th, 2021

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services has refuted claims that it tortured Sai’du Afaka, the President’s official driver, to death.
The agency was reacting to a report by an online news medium, Saharareporters, saying that it tortured the deceased to death after Afaka misled President Buhari into approving a multi-million naira contract which was later discovered by the DSS.
It also disclosed that the service arrested Afaka, tortured and subsequently dumped him at the State House Clinic where he died.
Reacting, the DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Wednesday night, stated that the Afeka was not detained or tortured by DSS saying that the secret police did not engage in torturing of suspects and asked the public to “disregard the fake news spewed by the online platform”.
It stated, “While the said driver was never arrested or detained by the Service, it is a known fact that it does not torture suspects. Its suspect handling method is usually in compliance with the tenets of criminal justice administration system and democracy.”