The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited a former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, over his comment on an alleged coup plot.
Fani Kayode on his tweeter account had alleged that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP)Atiku Abubakar, had a secret meeting with some high ranks of army generals.
He tweeted that the meeting may be an attempt to disrupt the upcoming general election.
However, Atiku and the Nigerian Army have openly denied the allegation and even called for the arrest of the All Progressive Party Chieftain, Fani-Kayode.
DSS gave Mr. Fani-Kayode 48 hours to appear or before it or “the worst will happen”.
The director of the special media projects of All Progressive Congress,(APC), Fani Kayode in a statement on Monday confirmed the DSS invitation.
He said, “I will honour the invitation because I have nothing to fear.”
“Three days ago, on the day I tweeted about newspaper reports alleging that Atiku was secretly meeting with Army Generals, I received a text message from someone who claimed to be a DSS officer asking me to report to them on a matter of national security.
“I dismissed the invitation because it was vague, and I was not sure whether it came to DSS. In any case, I had no intention of going anywhere unless I was formally invited.
“To my surprise, I received a formal letter from them to report to their office without fail two days later, which was yesterday evening. I put a call through to them and was advised to take the matter very seriously and report to them on the stipulated day and time otherwise the may happen.
“I found it interesting that a call came from one of the Atiku’s dogs for me to be arrested by the security agencies yesterday, and had it not been for the fact that the DSS had sent a text to me two days earlier, I may have thought that they were acting on the instructions of what can only be described as a hopeless and desperate presidential candidate, opposition party and PCC, who are clutching at straws, drowning fast, seeking to silence those that give them sleepless nights, shivering in despair and staring defeat in the face in the upcoming presidential election.
According to him, the DSS was not influenced by Atiku and was simply doing their job by inviting me on a matter that needs explanation and clarification and for a thorough interrogation. I always honor their invitations when properly invited because that is the right and proper thing to do.
