Tell Nigerians what you found in our office – APC challenges SSS

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has challenged the
State Security Service, SSS, to tell Nigerians the
outcome of its investigations into the allegation of
Permanent Voter Card (PVC) cloning that forced the
security agency to unlawfully invade the party’s offices
in Lagos over a week ago.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its
National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party
said if no evidence of PVC cloning was found, the SSS
should apologize to Nigerians for acting on the basis of
faulty intelligence.
It said any further delay in telling Nigerians the
outcome of the investigations, after almost 10 days,
could mean that the SSS is trying to manufacture
evidence to support its faulty intelligence.
“Without carrying out any investigation and with no
shred of evidence, the DSS gleefully announced to the
world that they stormed our data centre because they
got information that Permanent Voters Cards were
being cloned there,” Mr. Mohammed said.
“On the basis of this uncorroborated announcement,
the PDP categorically accused the APC of cloning PVCs.
It is now over a week since the DSS carted away
materials and computer servers after ransacking our
offices for over two hours. The agency’s experts must
have analysed the information in the materials and on
the servers.
“Therefore, we are now asking them to immediately
announce their findings to the world. After all, it took
them only a few hours after their Gestapo-like
invasion of our offices before they issued their baseless
allegation of PVC cloning to justify their action,” APC
said.
The party said while it has gone to court to seek
redress, the SSS still owes Nigerians an explanation
and, if indeed no evidence of card cloning was found,
an unreserved apology to them (Nigerians).
It advised the DSS to always endeavour to act
professionally and fairly in carrying out its duties,
rather than taking beer parlour gossips as useful
intelligence, adding: “It is this type of faulty intelligence
that has been stifling the efforts to deconstruct Boko
Haram and facilitate the battle to end the insurgency
that is daily killing and maiming innocent Nigerians.
Lai Mohammed
National Publicity Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)