The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday
alleged that the Director General of the Department of State Services,
Mr. Lawal Daura, is a member of the governing party, the All
Progressives Congress.
With this, the opposition party therefore said that there was no way
Daura could preside over the nation's security apparatus without being
partial.
Acting National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, stated
this at a press briefing in Abuja.
He spoke after the weekly meeting of the members of the National
Working Committee of the party.
The briefing was witnessed by members of the NWC.
Secondus alleged that Daura was the chairman of the Intelligence
Committee of the APC Presidential Campaign Council.
He said the party decided to address the press conference with the aim
of bringing to the notice of Nigerians and the international
community, happenings in the country.
Secondus said, "The NWC notes that this unfortunate development has
been the case since the appointment of the new Director General of the
DSS, Alhaji Lawal Daura, whom we learnt was a critical intelligence
stakeholder of the APC as a card-carrying member of that party during
the campaigns. This is ungodly and unacceptable. The President should
review his appointment.
"We do hope that in his new job, the Director General of DSS is not
mixing issues on the APC presidential candidate and the President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, hence the need for Mr. President to
rein him in, as the development is capable of eroding the cherished
independence of the judiciary and the electoral commission, a sine qua
non for a virile democracy, which guarantees our unity and stability
as a nation."
In his reaction, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, said his party sympathised with the PDP.
Mohammed told our correspondent that it was obvious that the PDP could
no longer cope with the popularity of President Muhammadu Buhari,
hence the desire of the opposition party to fabricate stories.
Besides, he wondered whether being a member of the Intelligence
Committee of the APC Presidential Campaign was enough to disqualify
Daura, if indeed he was a member.
He said, "We clearly understand the difficulty of the PDP and honestly
sympathise with them. In less than two months, President Buhari's
administration is such a roaring success and the President's
popularity growing daily that the PDP has to fabricate stories aimed
at discrediting the APC led government.
"Unfortunately, Nigerians are not falling for the gimmick. Nigerians
are seeing concrete evidence of good governance, including but not
limited to improved power supply, transparency in governance,
readmission into the comity of civilised nations and new pride and
confidence in being a Nigerian.
"If the PDP wants, they can hold 10 press conferences a day. As long
as the President continues to justify the expectations of Nigerians
their press conferences will only serve as entertainment to relieve
boredom."
-PUNCH
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