What I Told DSS – Na’Abba

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba has revealed what transpired during the meeting between him and the Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday.

Na’abba who spoke after the meeting that lasted about 5 hours said both parties were both satisfied with the outcome adding that some words he used during the television interview was misunderstood which he clarified.

“I did not disown anything I said. I will never mince my words. Whatever I see as the truth I say it. And that is what I said in my interview and said during the press conference. And I can never say anything that is not the truth.

“What happened was there were certain words that appeared in my address and interview which needed some clarifications and which clarification, I made.

“We were both satisfied with what happened. We advised one another. The DSS have their own job and their own experience. I too have my own vocation also have my own experience. And we felt highly enriched by our experiences.

“That is how things are supposed to be. It went successfully. I enjoyed my stay there. I had no problems with the way they received me,” he said.

Explaining his use of the words, “failed state” and self-determination”, the former Speaker said, “Self- determination simply in our own context means Nigerians must be allowed to live the way they want to live.

“It does not mean the mean dismemberment of the country. A lot of times from security point of view when you say self- determination it is meant that it is the dismemberment of the country, which is not so. This needed clarification.

“Failed state is any state that cannot provide a lot of services. What happened was that in their own opinion I did not use the words appropriately and it is only human to use words not appropriately and I told them that what I meant there is that the indices that characterised a failed state are prevalent with us”.