Don't honour DSS invitation again, Ekiti Assembly directs members

Ekiti State House of Assembly has directed all their members not to honour any invitation from the security agency for their safety.

 

The assembly at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, said the manner by which Hon Akanni was detained for18 days without cogent reasons gave credence to the widespread insinuation that the agency was being used by the All Progressives Congress to forcefully impeach Governor Fayose.

 

The Speaker, Hon Kola Oluwawole, said the House had resolved that members should shun any invitation from the DSS, saying they have it from the grapevine that they are still after some of their members over spurious allegations.

 

“We are lawmakers and not law breakers. If the DSS has started on a good note, we would have cooperated. But going by the questions posed to Hon Akanni during interrogation as to why he was resisting Fayose’s impeachment shows that they have sinister motives.

 

“We have collectively resolved that based on that suspicion, we may not be able to honour any invitation by DSS because of our safety”.

 

A speech read by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan, praised the National Assembly, traditional rulers and concerned Nigerians for their swift response, leading to the release of Hon Akanni.

 

Hon. Afolabi Akanni was freed from the custody of the Department of State Security Services last Friday.

 

Aside from Akanni, the assembly announced that the trio of Hons Musa Arogundade, Badejo Anifowose and Sina Animasaun, who had gone underground since March 4, when some DSS allegedly invaded the assembly complex, had resurfaced from hiding and had reunited with members for legislative duties.

 

Aribisogan advised the DSS to stop subjecting the lawmakers to unnecessary trauma, saying what they were made to pass through during the trying period didn’t portray Nigeria as a democratic and civilised nation.