Democracy would have perished during Buhari’s term – Fani-Kayode defends DSS boss over allegations

Femi Fani-Kayode, a prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), asserted that the Department of State Services prevented democratic disruption in Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

In response to a charge made against Yusuf Magaji Bichi, the director general of the DSS, the former minister of aviation made this statement on Monday.

The DSS DG was accused by well-known X user Jackson Ude of embezzling a subsidy grant intended for service personnel.
The service’s director of strategic communications and public relations, Peter Afunanya, refuted the report, claiming that the agency had not been given any funding of that kind.

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Speaking on the issue, Fani-Kayode asserted that “democracy may have been brought to an end by mutinous soldiers during the tenure of @MBuhari, and had it not been for Bichi and his DSS, Boko Haram and ISWAP would have taken Abuja years ago.”

“Come to Nigeria and go to the courts to prove all he has said against a hard-working & decent man and a dedicated servant of the Nigerian state,” the man urged Ude to do.

“Once on Nigerian soil, I will personally ensure his safety if he chooses to come.”

In cooperation with the military and other intelligence agency chiefs of the time, he claimed, the head of the DSS “exposed and thwarted many coup attempts and ensured that the Islamist terrorists were repelled and contained.”