The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that it had arrested and detained seven members of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC).
A social media report had alleged that the DSS arrested some ICT staff of INEC for disclosing the commission’s server Identity number to the PDP and its Presidential candidate in the just concluded elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Mr Peter Afunanya, Public Relations Officer of the service, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
He said that the report went further to state that the staff were detained and tortured for three days by the service to find out who among them gave out the information. Read more