DSS Denies Arresting INEC Staff

0
207


0dc65fe9 dss DSS Denies Arresting INEC Staff

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it arrested and detained seven members of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

A social media report had alleged that the DSS arrested some ICT staff of INEC for disclosing the commission’s server identity number to the PDP and its presidential candidate in the just concluded elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

Mr Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer of the service, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

He said that the report went further to state that the staff were detained and tortured for three days by the service to find out who among them gave out the information.

Afunanya said that the report also said that they were hurriedly released by the service when their wives threatened to jointly go on public protest.

“The service wishes to state that the information in its entirety is false and should be seen as a calculated effort to smear its image.

Source: Thisday Newspaper