DSS Slams Osita Chidoka For Criticizing Agency Due To Insecurity

A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has been blasted by the The Department of State Services. 

 This comes after he spoke against heads of security agencies coming from one section of the country, and remarked that security agencies are made up of unintelligent persons. 

 Chidoka had in an interview with Channels Television, stated that the “massive failure to manage our national diversity” has “grave implications” for the security agencies. 

 He said during the interview; “The security agencies — many people forget that they are recruited on a state-by-state basis so every state is represented. 

 “When you get to the top you find out that only people from a particular section of the country are going to be the heads of the security agencies.

 That automatically creates a problem because the people from the other section of the country begin to take a lackadaisical attitude to work.” 

 Reacting to this, DSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya said Chidoka "exhibited lack of knowledge or complete ignorance in aspects of his analysis especially as it concerns the DSS." 

 He also said the former minister has no history of core intelligence practice, competence and experience. Afunanya said; “Mr Chidoka spoke as a politician and the DSS does not join issues with politicians. 

 “Intelligence activities are based on need-to-know, need-to-hold and need-to-access principles. “For today, Mr Chidoka is not on any of the security platforms to appreciate the workings of the intelligence community or the DSS in particular. 

He has no history of core intelligence practice, competence and experience. “Chidoka exhibited lack of knowledge or complete ignorance in aspects of his analysis especially as it concerns the DSS.

 “In any case, the Federal Road Safety Corps, where it once headed, has unarguably continued to enjoy a robust relationship with the DSS based on inter-agency collaboration.”