The Department of State Service (DSS) has called on Nigerians
of good conduct to ensure public peace and order in the spirit of the Yuletide season.
This is as the service assured on adequate security before, during and after the yuletide and election seasons.
The service also says it would continue to carry out its duties and responsibilities in line with global best practices as they affect human rights and rule of law.
DSS Public Relatiosn Officer (PRO), Dr Peter Afunanya, gave the assurance in a press statement, Thursday in Abuja.
He said the service has a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on suspect handling and does not carry out illegal arrests or undertake enforced disappearances of innocent persons.
“It also does not operate illegal detention camps. Its operations and activities are rule-based and governed by transparent and accountable legal processes,” he added.
“To sustain national stability, the service will continue to carry out its duties and responsibilities in line with global best practices as they affect human rights and rule of law. This is despite calculated efforts by some interest groups to create the impression that persons arrested by the service are either not taken care of or denied access to their families and/or legal representatives.
“It is instructive to note that the service has a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on suspect handling. It considers this and general care of suspects sacrosanct and a priority. This can undoubtedly be attested to by those that had passed through its holding facilities.
“For every suspect under its detention, the service allows a family and/or legal representative, who fulfilled all the processes and clearance procedures, access to such a suspect,” Afunanya stated.
