DSS: An intelligence agency or an arm of a campaign
By Charles Ogbu ON March 29, 2023, the Department of State Services, DSS, claimed to have identified some political actors involved in a plot to install an interim government. According to the statement signed by Peter Afunanya, the spokesperson of the Spy Agency, the plot is “not only an aberration but a mischievous way to set aside the Constitution and undermine civil rule as well as plunge the country into an avoidable crisis”. The Service identified “endless violent mass protests in major cities” and “frivolous court injunctions to forestall the inauguration of the new executive administrations.....” as the two means through which the unnamed politicians planned to achieve their aim. Before we even analyse the DSS statement, let us pretend there is indeed such a plot as alleged herein. The next logical question would be: Since the DSS claimed to have identified such people, why is the agency issuing statements like a gossip blog and creating more tension in an already tense co...