The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has called on the acting Director
\nGeneral of the Department of State Services (DSS), Matthew Seiyefa, to
\ninvestigate the two-year detention of Bayelsa-based journalist, Jones
\nAbiri.<\/p>\n
The organisation also commended the Acting President, Professor Yemi Eric Omare, IYC President, urged Seiyefa to look into cases of the illegal Citing the example of Abiri, who was recently arraigned after being On the invasion of the National Assembly, the IYC urged the acting He praised the resistance by the lawmakers at the entrance of the National \u201cHon. Goodhead and other members of the National Assembly, who confronted \u201cFor those with vindictive instinct, we wish to warn them to steer clear The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide has called on the acting Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Matthew Seiyefa, to investigate the two-year detention of Bayelsa-based journalist,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOsinbajo, for subsequently sacking the former Director General of the DSS,
\nLawal Daura, following the\u00a0Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0invasion of the National Assembly by
\nDSS operatives.<\/p>\n
\narrest and detention of citizens by the DSS, especially Niger Delta
\nyouths, who had been in DSS detention without facing trial.<\/p>\n
\ndetained for two years, the youths said: \u201cSeiyefa must ensure, as a matter
\nof urgency, that Nigerians are not held in DSS detention facilities
\nindefinitely, without being taken to court.\u201d<\/p>\n
\npresident to endeavour to ensure that all those involved face justice.<\/p>\n
\nAssembly, and particularly commended the \u201cheroic role of House of
\nRepresentatives member, Boma Goodhead, from Rivers State, who is a younger
\nsister to former President of the Ijaw Youth Council, Alhaji Asari
\nDokubo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nthe DSS officials, who were on an illegal mission at the National
\nAssembly, demonstrated courage which is needed to check a government
\ninclined to dictatorship.<\/p>\n
\nof Honourable Goodhead Boma as the Ijaw nation is watching. It is our
\nexpectation that the sack of Mr. Daura would bring to a stop the use of
\nsecurity agencies as agents of terror against citizens,\u201d the statement
\nread.<\/p>\n