The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has
issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Department
of State Services (DSS) to apologise for the raid
carried out at the Government House, Uyo or face
litigation.
The Speaker of the State House of Assembly,
Anikan Okon, told a news conference in Abuja that
the state government would sue the DSS if it failed
to apologise for the operation carried out at the
governor's official residence in the state capital.
Speaker Okon urged President Muhammadu
Buhari and the National Assembly to launch an
investigation into the action of the DSS, which it
described as a violation of the constitution and an
act of impunity.
"We also invite President Muhammadu Buhari and
the leadership of the National Assembly to launch
proper investigation into the ridiculous action of
the SSS. We are shocked that the SSS which is
currently purging officers it claimed to have
shown unconcealed partisanship should descend
so low to the extent of staging a coup d'état on our
governor, simply because he belongs to an
opposition party.
"Despite the fact that the president, his deputy as
well as state governors enjoy constitutional
immunity, the Akwa Ibom state Governor Udom
Emmanuel has been singled out and stripped of
this right, which is provided for him under the law.
"We are firm in the belief that if the raid on the
Hilltop Mansion was not an act of felony,
persecution and political vendetta, the DSS would
have declared their mission before unleashing
terror on innocent workers of Akwa Ibom State
Government and or openly declare to the
authorities in the state what they found and what
they took away from our Government House", he
said.
The lawmaker maintained that the raid
contravenes Section 308 (1, 2, 3) of the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as
amended).
The lawmakers also denied media reports
indicating that the secret service operatives had
uncovered stockpile of arms and ammunition as
well as money in foreign currency.
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