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30 December 2014

Make inciting statements, go to jail, FG threatens State governors, Politicians, Nigerians and Internet Users ...

 














•DSS gives serving gov, politicians last warning•As Adebanjo, Osoba, Odumakin lambast Obasanjo
MINISTER of Police Affairs, Alhaji AbdulJelili Adesiyan, in Lagos, on Monday, blew hot, as he warned that henceforth, Nigerians, including politicians, no matter how highly placed, who make inciting statements or statements considered mutinous will be arrested and prosecuted.
This was as the minister asked former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to bury his thought about forming or heading an interim government by 2015, declaring that whoever called for revolution could be consumed by it.

Adesiyan said this at the presentation of a book, entitled: “Watch the Watcher,” written by the publicity secretary of pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin.
Dignitaries at the event included Chief Ayo Adebanjo; former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba; Mr Francis Ojo, who represented the Minister of Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku; Chairman, Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Mr Jide Adeniyi, Colonel Bello Fadile, Tony Nyiam, Ondo State Commissioner of Environment, Mr Sola Ebiseeni, Mr Odia Ofeimun, among others.
Adesiyan, who noted he was minister today by the grace of God, said: “Well, I said it and I will continue to say, I am warning, anybody who makes inflammatory statement or says anything that is mutinous will be arrested and prosecuted.

DSS gives serving governor, politicians last warning
THE Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, for the last time, warned politicians “seeking to truncate the nation’s democracy by their careless and obviously mischievous utterances and actions.”
The warning was given in a statement signed by the Deputy Director of Public Relations of the DSS, Marilyn Ogar, in Abuja.
The DSS made particular reference to the statement of a serving governor calling on men of the armed forces to rise up in protest against constituted authority, with the intent to undermine the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It will be recalled that the Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, had last week faulted the failure of the government to adequately equip the Armed Forces in the fight against Boko Haram.
The DSS stated that the actions of the concerned people are aimed at achieving their desires.
It described the statement as irresponsible, selfish and against the collective well-being of Nigeria.
“The attention of the Department of State Services has been drawn to inciting and unguarded statements and utterances by some politicians ahead the 2015 general election.
“Of particular interest is the statement of a serving governor calling on men of the armed forces to rise up in protest against constituted authority, with the intent to undermine the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Their actions, which are intended to achieve their desires, are irresponsible, selfish and against our collective well-being as a nation.
“It is noteworthy that similar unguarded provocative statements by politicians in the past had encouraged violence that resulted in loss of innocent lives and property.
“It is pertinent to note that no Nigerian is above the laws of the land. Political office holders must not hide under the privileges of their offices to perpetrate and encourage the commission of acts inimical to the general interest of this nation, as this will henceforth not be tolerated.
“This statement, therefore, serves as the last warning to all those seeking to truncate the nation’s democracy by their careless and obviously mischievous utterances and actions. They are to desist and retrace their steps immediately,” the statement read.

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