By By Promise Eze
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it has no court case against the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
According to Ripples Nigeria, an individual by the name of Somadina Uzoamaka had filed a lawsuit, with the case number FCT/HC/GAR/CV/47/2022, against Yakubu and the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, asking for, among other things, an order of mandatory injunction compelling the INEC chairman to resign while law enforcement agencies investigate and take into account the allegations made against him.
Pulse NG noted that Peter Afunanya, the spokesman of the secret police, gave the clarification and warned against plots to undermine the service.
He explained in a statement on Friday that the agency never filed a lawsuit against the INEC chairman.
The statement reads in part, “Nonetheless, the service is aware of the antics of some mischievous elements who are desirous of fomenting crisis in the country, including creating unnecessary controversies around the forthcoming general elections.
“One of their strategies is to subvert the efforts of the service in ensuring peaceful coexistence and harmony.
“Another is a determination to overheat the polity and subtly exploit the judiciary to distract or even undermine not only the Service but other security and law enforcement agencies from undertaking their constitutional roles.
“The DSS, therefore, warns these individuals and groups to desist from their devious plans. It also advises all critical stakeholders to be vigilant and resist attempts to use them to thwart the law.”
