Authorities of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested and taken into detention the operative suspected to have shot and killed a vendor; Mr. Ifeanyi Okereke on Thursday in Abuja.
In a statement on Friday DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya said “the attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to the allegation of shooting and killing of one Ifeanyi Okereke by a security aide of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.”
“The Service hereby confirms that the suspect is one of its personnel deployed to the Speaker’s Convoy as a security detail. And as already stated by the Speaker that he has been suspended from his Convoy, the Service has further withdrawn him from the assignment.”
The spokesman further stated that “as part of disciplinary procedures in the instance, he has been taken into detention. In addition, the Service has opened a detailed investigation into the matter. While it pledges to be transparent and accountable in handling this, it is liaising with appropriate authorities to achieve this objective.”
Meanwhile, the Service has condoled with the family of the deceased and his loved ones even as it has promised a thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to the unfortunate incident and “will surely keep to this.”
It would be recalled that the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila issued a statement on Thursday evening giving details how his convoy stopped to felicitate with the vendors on his way home when one of his security details fired a shot that instantly killed Okereke for reason yet to be ascertained.
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