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Apply Restraint In Your Utterances, DSS Warns Political Parties

This comes after the security agency on Tuesday interrogated a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday.


 

The Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned political parties to be careful about their utterances as they engage in their electioneering activities ahead of the forthcoming general elections.

This comes after the security agency on Tuesday interrogated a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, on Tuesday.

“Political parties and their media managers are advised to apply restraint in their utterances and public communication engagements prior to and after the general elections,” the DSS said on Tuesday in a statement by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Peter Afunanya.

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“This is to avoid heating up the polity and evoking tendencies that could lead to violent reactions as well as undermine peace and order.”

The DSS noted that its invitation to Fani-Kayode for questioning at its national headquarters in Abuja was in respect of an investigation of allegations and insinuations made him relating to issues relevant to national security.

“Chief Fani-Kayode faced a Panel which interviewed him on the subject matter. Afterwards, the Service granted him administrative bail and directed that he makes routine returns to the Office with effect from Wednesday,  15th February, 2023 till otherwise. The investigation, however, continues.”