Director of Information, National Assembly, Mr Agada Rawlings Emmanuel, has dismissed an unverified video doing the rounds in the social media showing that some operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, were laying a siege to the National Assembly gate.
Mr Emmanuel’s dismissal of the video and its content as fake news was contained in a press release, entitled: “RE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNDER SIEGE BY DSS”, which he circulated to the press on Wednesday night.
Read the release in extenso as reproduced hereunder:
“The attention of the National Assembly management has been drawn to an unverified video trending on social media (and) tweeted from the twitter handle of one @Chukwuebuka, alleging the siege of the National Assembly complex by officer’s of the Department of State Security (DSS).
“The reposted unverified video clip was a reported incident that took place in 2018 at the main entrance gate leading into the National Assembly complex, which is presently under reconstruction, nearing its completion for inauguration.
“It is therefore intriguing to understand what motive this mischief maker set out to achieve with the repost, gauging the political mood of the country and the forthcoming general elections.
“Accordingly, the members of the National Assembly, staff members and the public are to discoutenance the said unverified, malious, mischievous and misleading reposted video as fake news in its entirety. as the National Assembly members are on recess and staff members are not under any siege by the DSS.
“The new Clerk to the National Assembly, Alhaji Sani Magaji Tambuwal and his management team are fully in charge, focused and determined to achieve their set goals in line with their core mandates to motivate the workforce to provide the expected support services to the National Assembly leadership/ members, federal Government and the public.
“The management equally wishes to extend its esteemed appreciation and gratitude to the National Assembly leadership/members, top government officials, security agencies and the public, who through phone calls, had shown concerns and solidarity.
“It is expected that the relevant security agencies should further investigate the user of the twitter account to forstall future abuse and spread of misinformation into the media space capable of creating panic, mischief and anxiety leading to a break down of law and order as this repost, may have be intended.
“Above press release is to clear the doubts, concerns and anxiety in the public domain that: “National Assembly, the symbol of our hard-earned democracy, is not under siege by the DSS or any security agencies of Government.”
E-SIGNED:
Agada Rawlings Emmanuel.
Director, Information
National Assembly.
15.02.23
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