'Our operations to protect all political parties are at variance with Atiku’s allegation' - DSS

The Department of State Services, DSS, has rejected allegations by erstwhile Vice-President Atiku Abubakar that it is sponsoring protests successful Sokoto State to make unrest and supply justification for imposing a curfew that could disrupt the African Democratic Congress, ADC, run rally.

The concealed constabulary described the allegation arsenic surprising, insisting that its caller activities successful the authorities demonstrated its committedness to protecting politicians crossed enactment lines.

In a connection posted connected its authoritative X account, the DSS disclosed that 2 of its operatives were injured during an onslaught connected the ADC governorship campaigner successful Sokoto State, Mannir Daniya, connected October 31, 2026.

According to the agency, its unit intervened during the incidental and successfully evacuated Daniya from the country without injuries. However, 2 operatives sustained injuries aft being assaulted by the attackers and were subsequently taken to the hospital, wherever they are inactive receiving aesculapian attention.

DSS further claimed that Daniya personally contacted its State Director successful Sokoto to explicit appreciation for the involution and subsequently requested further information reinforcement.

It said Atiku's allegation contradicted the efforts of its operatives, who had risked their lives to support an absorption politician.

Despite rejecting the accusation, the DSS disclosed that its Director-General had ordered a...