Members of the National Assembly have raised fears on the Department of State Services public warning that they are targets for kidnappers assassins’.
According to the Punch, the lawmakers criticized the DSS for publicly announcing its warning to lawmakers without sending a formal security notice to the parliament on potential threats.
The newspaper reported lawmakers as denying receiving any advisory from the DSS to the National Assembly, this is as some of them, expressed fear over the notice.
The DSS had on Tuesday said federal and state lawmakers who will soon begin their recess and other vacating public and private workers were susceptible to kidnapping, assassinations and armed robbery among others during this period.
The secret service, therefore, urged all Nigerians to remain vigilant at all times.
The Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, while handing down the warning at a press briefing in Abuja, had said, “Recessing members of National and state Houses of Assembly and other public /private sector workers on vacation may be predisposed to threats of various degrees.
“These individuals are susceptible to kidnapping, hijack, assassination, armed robbery and political manipulations
“They are advised to be security conscious in order not to fall victims of these attacks and destructive politicalmanoeuvres.”
The National Assembly members who reacted to the DSS, however, stated that there was no security alert transmitted from the Service to the parliament.
The newspaper quoted a member of the House of Representatives from a state in the North-East as saying, “We are in trouble.”
This is as a member from the South-West was quoted as saying, “There is no letter conveying this, adding that “They (DSS) always play to the gallery.”
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