{"id":3429,"date":"2024-11-27T03:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2024-11-27T03:58:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T03:58:34","slug":"dss-threatens-to-sue-channels-tv-guest-over-torture-claims-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/?p=3429","title":{"rendered":"DSS threatens to sue Channels TV guest over torture claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an unprecedented move, the Department of State Services, DSS, has written one August #Endbadgovernance protester, Khalid Aminu, demanding a retraction of his recent claim that he was brutalised, while in the custody of the security agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-26.png 560w, https:\/\/psmnigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-26-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aminu, an engineer by profession, was among several persons arrested in Kano and other parts of the North during the August #EndBadGovernance protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his release, Aminu featured on a Channels Television programme where he alleged that DSS officers tortured him while in their custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I went through, what we went through was inhuman, I can\u2019t even begin to tell you everything,\u201d Aminu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn the 3rd (of August), they arrested us at NEPA Roundabout. There and then they started beating us, boots, kicks, and all that. Then they pushed all of us into their Hilux, some into their SUVs, and then we went down to the Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we got there, the first thing I received was a strong cane, like an armoured cable that they used. If I pull up my chest, you will see. They started beating me, I was flat down and they were blasting me with all forms of sticks, armoured cables, everything you can think of,\u201d Aminu told the television station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, In a letter dated November 25, 2024, the DSS through their lawyer, Mohammed Sani Ndanusa, SAN, said Aminu deliberately made the allegations to tarnish the reputation of the security agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Titled \u201cRe: Allegation of Torture By Department of State Security Officials While Undertaking Custody in Kaduna,\u201d the lawyer said Aminu\u2019s claims were not only a misrepresentation of the facts, \u201cbut a deliberate attempt to tarnish the image of the Department of State Security Services, as well as reducing our client\u2019s hard- earned name within their professional realm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lawyer further told Aminu, \u201cYou will agree with us that your above representation have caused our client a lot of embarrassment both within and outside Nigeria,\u201d and advised him to \u201cmake a retraction and cause same to be published in three widely read newspapers, failure to which we shall be compelled\u2026 to initiate legal proceedings against you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aminu\u2019s torture claim appeared to conflict with those of other protesters who claimed to have been detained alongside him in the same DSS facility in Kaduna. 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