GISTMANIA can confirm that Mr. Gordon Obua, former Chief Security Officer to President Goodluck Jonathan has passed away a few hours ago, July 20, 2015 in the custody of Department of Security Services (DSS) in its Abuja Headquarters where he had been detained since Thursday, July 16, 2015 on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sources who have been monitoring the situation have confirmed Obua’s passing to The Trent. He was arrested on Thursday when he honoured an invitation by the DSS and had been in solitary confinement until his death.
Obua, who was being detained by the DSS in an underground dungeon for undisclosed reasons was being denied access to his lawyers, family, and his doctors on the orders of the new Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura. The DSS (also called SSS) serves as Nigeria’s secret police.
President Buhari appointed Lawal Daura, his kinsman from his hometown in Katsina on July 2, as head of the DSS after firing Ita Ekpeyong. Daura was recalled from retirement as he had retired from the service of the DSS when he reached the mandatory age of 60 according to the Civil Service rules of Nigeria.
Our sources say Obua’s remains are still in the custody of the DSS at the time of filing this report. He was held without charges filed against him.
On July 18, 2015, Onochie Onwuegbuna, the lead partner at Zeran Legal, has issued a press statement on behalf of Obua’s family complaining about the conditions in which his client was being detained and said that his client was being witch-hunted by the Buhari government. He said his client was diabetic and hypertensive and was being denied his drugs as well as food and water by the DSS.
Mr. Gordon Obua is pictured with his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Merit Obua at the birthday thanksgiving reception for their triplets (in their arms) recently
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Obua, until his death, was an employee of the DSS and his employer knew about his medical conditions but decided, in impunity, to deny him access to his medicines and doctor, his lawyer alleged.
Onwuegbuna said that the Buhari government had ‘marked’ his client, and other individuals who held offices in Jonathan’s administration and the arrest of his client was a scheme, “in other to implicate them by all means for phantom crimes or offences”.
A non-governmental organisation, the Society for Global Justice had issued a statement on Obua’s continued detention at the DSS, on Saturday calling for the release of the former Chief Security Officer.
Executive director of the group, Mr. Marcus Ogabe confirmed that Obua was detained at the SSS headquarters in Abuja since Thursday.
The group also said the continued detention of Obua is indicative of “the tyrannical, autocratic and dictatorship tendency of the Muhammadu Buhari administration”.
“Obua has been detained since last Thursday at the headquarters of the State Security Services in Abuja without charge.
“He was also not told the reason for which he is being detained, the group said. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - @Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 21-07-2015 05:31 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
stanfeelings at 21-07-2015 05:52 AM (8 years ago) (m)
This is bad. This is serious bt I hope it isn't true Cz it's gonna haunt ds administration. Which way Nigeria
Posted: at 21-07-2015 05:52 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
bright1love at 21-07-2015 06:28 AM (8 years ago) (m)
BUHARI IS A WICKED FULANI MAN GEJ WAS IN GORVERNMENT NO ONE DIED IN DETENTION NOW BABA GO SLOW DONT START MILITARY RULE AGAIN AND OBAMA IS SUPPORTING HIM EVIL MEN
Posted: at 21-07-2015 06:28 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
Gistmania have always been a reader of your bog and stories since 2010. But on this story you published I have to choice than to say this is barbaric for you to publish such lies against the DSS I must say its a shame and its a PITY.
Posted: at 21-07-2015 07:20 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
I will do more than that if i bcome president of this country. All corrupt leaders will be executed to death during my tenure. Cudos to PMB.
You will do more won't you. You don't have to kill corrupts officials - hold them responsible. Kill Boko Haram. They are more dangerous than corrupt officials. Is there anyone in Nigeria that isn't corrupt. If you kill them all Nigeria will be a big desert. You never know who Buhari (Adolf Hitler) reincarnate will kill next. It might be someone dear to you. This is really bad if the story is true. What a deplorable way to kill a human being. Where is the democracy and rule of law.
Posted: at 21-07-2015 08:02 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
b2kcharly at 21-07-2015 08:19 AM (8 years ago) (m)
I will do more than that if i bcome president of this country. All corrupt leaders will be executed to death during my tenure. Cudos to PMB, @ newbie sorry you are talking about fighting corrupt policial right, among the people who ran form PDP to APC don't you think he should start from his house first, or do u want to tell me former River's Gov don't steal, we can't never have a transparent leader....Nigeria is too corrupt and you said he should do more, u r right but he should first probe members of the APC first that is when we Nigeria we have faith in him
Posted: at 21-07-2015 08:19 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
Deprince3 at 21-07-2015 08:27 AM (8 years ago) (m)
THIS IS BAD, PMB DON'T HAVE TO CALL BACK A MAN THAT HAVE RETIRED TO COME BACK AND HEAD DSS IN ORDER TO HUNT HIS PERCIVED ENEMIES. THIS SYSTEM WILL SMELL DOOM FOR THIS NATION IF PMB CONTINUE THIS WAY, HE DID IT IN 1983 AND HE WANT TO REPEAT IT NOW. DAZUKI HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR DAYS NOW WITHOUT CHARGES AND THEY LAY CLAIM THAT THE RECOVER BILLIONS AND ARMES IN HIS HOUSE WITHOUT NIGERIANS SEEING THE PHOTO OF WHAT THE RECOVERED. MMMMMMMMMM PMB ! PMB !! PMB , HOW MANY TIMES DID I CALLED ?
Posted: at 21-07-2015 08:27 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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