Human Rights Commission boss takes down DSS action – in 5 tweets – YNaija

October 9, 2016 3oliver

After waking up to news of abduction of judges by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nigerians have taken to Twitter to denounce what they call Gestapo-style arrests without following due process. Most of the blame has gone directly to Pres. Muhammadu Buhari whose office is operationally in charge of the DSS.

One voice coming loud, clear, and strong is that of the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, who has called the simultaneous sting operation across half a dozen states as “intimidation of the judiciary”.

See tweets from the NHRC boss below…

‘The conduct of the SSS constitutes intimidation of the judiciary. SSS is operationally controlled by @NGRPresident.’
– @ChidiOdinkalu
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— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) October 8, 2016

‘Judges aren’t above the law. If a judge is suspected of committing a crime, s/he is entitled to due process.’ – @ChidiOdinkalu
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— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) October 8, 2016

‘The role of SSS under the National Security Agencies Act is limited to crimes of “internal security”.’ @ChidiOdinkalu
Does this qualify?
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— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) October 8, 2016

‘If the allegation against the judges is corruption, what happened to @officialefcc , ICPC & @PoliceNG?’ – @ChidiOdinkalu
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— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) October 8, 2016

‘SSS claims the judges were abducted for corruption which is a crime, why deny access to counsel & visitation.’ @ChidiOdinkalu
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— EiE Nigeria (@EiENigeria) October 8, 2016

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