Activist, Omoyele Sowore on Saturday alleged plots by the Department of State Services, DSS, to assassinate him.
Sowore claimed the DSS Director General, Adeola Ajayi is furious over his comment calling President Bola Tinubu a criminal and leaking of sensitive information to him.
He alleged that Senior DSS officials have been sniffing around to get intelligence on who leaks sensitive information to him.
In a lengthy post on Facebook, Sowore wrote: “When I woke up one morning and discovered that the DSS had officially applied itself to fighting me on behalf of Tinubu by applying to social media companies, Twitter and Facebook because I called him a criminal for his claim that corruption had “vanished” from Nigeria under his watch, I did not know the depth of the interest of the DSS Director-General, Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi.
“It wasn’t until someone reached out to me I learned senior DSS operatives were sniffing around, tailgating some of my associates, and collecting intelligence to locate the person who leaked the information to Sahara Reporters.
“That was when it became clear that their intervention was no passing interest. They had declared a full blown war on me because Sahara Reporters had published an exposé showing how a DSS promotion exam led to the deaths of eight of their officers, creating deep internal disaffection within the agency.
“Today, Sahara Reporters followed up with another report revealing that the DG DSS had rounded up officers, accusing them of leaking information about the scandal and tragedy.
“Sources reached out to me and warned bluntly, “These people have a plan to assassinate you, and the DSS is providing technical assistance.”
“This is not new to me. During the Muhammadu Buhari regime, the DSS once sent a team to assassinate me in open court here in Abuja. The officer nicknamed “Marshal”, who I had to be rescued from physically by several persons, had just returned from Bulgaria, where he had been trained in so-called “non-lethal” techniques to kill (whatever that means).”