The Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obua, Tuesday dismissed media reports that that he was dead.
Obua said he is hale and hearty and is being treated with dignity by the management and staff of the Department of State Services (DSS), where he is being held in detention.
A serving officer of the DSS, Obua made the disclosure during a media conference at the service headquarters in Abuja.
Critics of President Muhammadu Buhari have made a meal of social media rumours that Obua, who had been detained since last week, had died after being tortured.
But the man, who looked composed and well kept, sad: “I thanked Nigerians and members of my family who have expressed very serious concern about my wellbeing in the last six days.
“I want to use this medium to tell Nigerians and members of my family that I am hale and hearty.
“As a serving officer of DSS and having completed my duty tour with the last President, the service felt that I should give a briefing of my stewardship.
“Nigerians should be assured that DSS is a responsible organisation and I am sure that nothing adverse will happen to me once it is ascertained that I did nothing wrong.”
When newsmen wanted to ask him questions, Obua said: “I am a serving staff of DSS and I have limitations regarding speaking with the press.
“I thank the Director General of DSS for the way that I have been treated so far.”
