Alleged N5.5b suit: DSS faults SERAP’s claim
The Department of State Services (DSS) has faulted a claim by the Socio-Economic and Accountability Project (SERAP) that officials of the secret police invaded the organisation’s Abuja office.
The DSS said the allegation portrayed its personnel in a bad light, like a government agency that engages in illegal operations.
A senior official of the DSS, John Afolabi, said this while testifying yesterday before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama at the resumed hearing in the suit filed by two personnel of the secret police – Sarah John and Gabriel Ogunleye.
The suit, filed for the DSS officials by their lawyer, Akinlolu Kehinde (SAN), has SERAP and its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, as defendants.
John and Ogunleye are claiming, among others, N5 billion in damages and N50 million as cost of the suit, and are demanding a public apology to be published in several media platforms.
