The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it abducted Senator Dino Melaye, the representative Kogi West Senatorial District at the National Assembly.
A statement by spokesman of the agency, Peter Afunanya, said that the police brought Dino to its medical facility.
“The Service wishes to state that the information, as being misrepresented by sections of the media, is far from the truth,” Mr Afunanya said.
He added that there was no time Melaye was abducted by the service.
“The fact is that it was the Police that brought him to the DSS facility after obtaining a 14-day detention warrant with effect from Jan.9.
“The aim of bringing him to the Service’s facility is to complement Police efforts in giving the Senator a deserved medical attention,” he said.
Afunanya explained that the DSS accepted him in line with medical ethics and spirit of inter-agency cooperation.
The spokesman said the clarification became necessary to address the allegation that hooded men suspected to be DSS operatives abducted him from the Police hospital.
“The DSS, therefore, reiterates and assures the public of its commitment to professionalism and respect for human rights in its operational engagements,” he said.
Police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, had earlier explained in a statement that Melaye was moved to the DSS facility in Abuja for further medical attention.
