(ICYMI): House Of Assembly Invasion: DSS Demands Apology, Retraction Of Publications
•••Gives 7 Days To AIT, Channels Or Face Legal Action
•By Our Reporter
ABUJA – The Department of State Services (DSS) has demanded an apology and retraction of publications over invasion of Lagos State House of Assembly.
The DSS gave Da’ar Communications Plc (AIT), Channels Television, and other media platforms seven (7) days to run apologies in their respective news channels five times a day for three days running, or face legal action.
The Legal Counsel to DSS, who issued the notice to the stations, demanded an apology and retraction of reports by them purporting that their operatives invaded the Lagos Assembly on Monday.
In a letter dated February 17, 2025, entitled “False, Defamatory and Malicious Publication Concerning the State Security Service (aka DSS) Regarding Their Presence at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday February 17, 2025,” the Service through its legal team, Adedipe and Adedipe demanded a retraction of the story and apology.
According to the Counsel, “even when it was clear that, following fears that hoodlums could attack the lawmakers, it was the Clerk of the Assembly who invited DSS and police personnel to help secure the Assembly, the media houses nonetheless ran reports that their operatives invaded the Assembly Gestapo style.”
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The Service gave the media organizations seven (7) days to run apologies in their respective news channels five times a day for three days running, or face legal action.
Recall that these media outfits alleged that the Secret Service stormed Lagos State House of Assembly to disrupt the business of the House, contrary to facts that the DSS was invited to carry out its statutory duties