There is no truth in the report that we are on the trail of a staff of an online medium, or any journalist in the country for that matter, says the Department of State Services (DSS).
Spokesman of the DSS, Mr. Peter Afunanya, said this, on Monday, in Abuja, following an alarm raised by an online medium that some ‘two men suspected to be DSS operatives’ were seen around the homes of its Editors, last week.
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Although the online medium did not provide the details of those who ‘visited’ the homes of the two journalists, it nevertheless, warned the DSS to come clean if it had any reason to question any of its officials.
But reacting to the report, Afunanya said, “The report that the DSS is laying siege on an online medium and has hacked the phones of one of its staff is false in its entirety. It is unfounded and just needless sensationalism.
“There is no such operation at the moment by the Service targeted at the online medium, its editor or any staff.
“If there is any need for the DSS to discharge its duty, it will have to do that with every sense of decency and in accordance with laid down procedures.
“Now the Service is not anywhere near the news agency. Therefore, the report should be disregarded.”
