ASUU threatened to sue SSS for assaulting member

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed to sue the State Security Service (SSS) after one of its members was assaulted.

This was revealed by Rabiu Nasiru, chairman of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) branch of the union, during a press conference on Friday in Zaria, Kaduna.

He said that the purpose of the press conference was to draw the attention of the authorities and the public to the “unwholesome actions of some DSS employees.”

Mr Nasiru said that while on a union assignment, the SSS attacked Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Kano Zonal Coordinator of ASUU.

He said that SSS agents attacked Mr Mohammed as he was driving to Katsina in his car along Kano’s Hadejia Road by-pass.

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“His sin, if any, was that he drove in front of a DSS-escorted motorcade.

“The incident happened on August 18 at about 2:00 p.m. on Hadejia Road by-pass Kano, and the assault was carried out by DSS personnel in a Hilux truck belonging to Kano State Government House.

“In addition to the physical attack, they shattered Mohammed’s car’s windshield and destroyed the side mirror in a display of force for no fair cause,” Mr Nasiru added.

He urged the SSS’s leadership to take severe action against the officers implicated for casting a negative image on the organization.

Mr Nasiru requested that the SSS force the employees who committed the breach to repair the damaged vehicle or face legal action.

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He requested that the National Assembly reorganize the SSS or reconsider Section 315 of the 1999 Constitution, which included the military’s 1986 Decree 19.

He said that the assessment would guarantee that the organization adhered to democratic principles and the rule of law.