The Department of State Service’s obnoxious tweet profiling Igbos in Nigeria has been pulled down following public outrage.
The DSS penultimate Tuesday was heavily criticised for using its official Twitter page to taunt Maxwell Okpara, an Igbo lawyer, for defending suspended CBN governor Godwin Emefiele, linking him to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra without evidence.
“Charge and bail, overzealous uninformed IPOB/ESN lawyer Maxwell Okpara mobilises other like-minded lawyers against DGSS. Futile Efforts. Well, Nigerians, beware! This is in bad faith. Transferred aggression,” the secret police had tweeted.
It added, “A Biafran Republic agitator and Outlawed IPOB counsel defending the suspended CBN Governor. Is IPOB defending one of theirs???? What a contradiction… hmmm…what’s the connection? Is someone telling us something? May Maxwell be properly educated on points of law, please.”
Checks by People’s Gazette showed that the secret police’s tweet had been deleted.
Mr Okpara has recently been vocal about the condition and treatment of Mr Kanu, who has been in SSS custody since June 2021 when he was illegally abducted from Kenya, in a manner which several legal minds have criticised as criminal. On several occasions, the DSS refused Mr Kanu’s access to his lawyers, family members, and doctors.
