The charges, according to the secret police, lack any factual support or reliability and are pure conjecture.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) offices were not raided, according to the Department of State Services (DSS).
The secret police also denied claims made by several media outlets (except Channels Television) that files were taken from the two government agencies.
The DSS denied in a statement released on Sunday that the Service had spied on judges serving on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.
The DSS claimed that the accusations were the product of the artists’ imaginations and lacked any real support or believability.
Part of the statement said, “To clear the air, the DSS did not carry out any activities of any type at the ICPC and CCB or remove files from their offices.
The two agencies have independently denied the news in widely read press releases, which is instructive.
Reports that Abdul’aziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, was invited by the DSS after he declined to answer President Bola Tinubu’s phone call were further labeled as “laughable” by the secret police. “Yari knows why he was invited,” the Service said.
“The Service will continue to conduct its business in a focused, tough, patriotic, and professional manner. The general people is urged to ignore false reports that aim to undermine the leadership of the Service and sow discontent throughout the nation.
