National Assembly members fear, fault DSS over Yuletide kidnap warning

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Members of the National Assembly have criticised the Department of State Services for going public with its warning to lawmakers without a formal security notice to the parliament on potential threats.

Several lawmakers who were contacted by our correspondent on Wednesday denied getting any advisory from the DSS to the National Assembly.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.

“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.Read Also

 

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DSS said federal & state lawmakers were susceptible to kidnapping, assassinations & armed robbery among others. Therefore don’t go back home, as owners of multi homes abroad now is d right time to go abroad leaving constituents to their own fait.

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