The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to institute legal action against the State Service (DSS) for assaulting one of its members.
Prof. Rabiu Nasiru, chairman of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) chapter of the union, stated this at a news conference on Friday, September 03, 2021 in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Prof. Nasiru alleged that operatives of the DSS assaulted Prof. Mohammed while he was travelling to Katsina in his personal vehicle along Hadejia Road bye-pass in Kano while on a union assignment.
He said that the news conference was aimed at calling the attention of concerned authorities and the general public to “unwholesome activities of some personnel of the DSS’’.
“His fault, if any, was that he drove in the front of a motorcade being escorted by the DSS.
“’The incident occurred on Aug. 18 at about 2p.m. on Hadejia Road bye-pass Kano, and the attack was perpetrated by men of the DSS in a Hilux vehicle belonging to Kano State Government House.
“Besides the physical assault, they also smashed the windscreen and broke the side mirror of Mohammed’s car in a show of force for no just cause,’’ Nasiru said.
ASUU called on the leadership of the DSS to take punitive measures against the officers involved as they portrayed the organisation in bad light.
Nasiru further demanded that the DSS should promptly make the personnel responsible for the shameful act to repair the damaged car of the victim with immediate effect to avoid facing legal action.
He appealed to the National Assembly to reorganise the DSS or review the provisions of Section 315 of the 1999 Constitution that incorporated the 1986 Decree 19, issued by the military.
He said that the review would ensure that the organisation conformed to democratic tenets and the rule of law.
