The Department of State Services has said the Presidency ordered the investigation of a trader, Anthony Okolie, who was using a telephone line previously owned by the President’s daughter, Hanan Buhari.

The DSS said this in a counter-affidavit in response to the originating motion filed by Okolie.

The DSS position seems to be at variance with that of Hanan who had said in her own counter-affidavit that she never reported any case to the agency.

Okolie, who was detained for 10 weeks by the DSS, dragged the DSS and the President’s daughter as well as MTN Nigeria before a Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State.

The applicant is seeking N500m in damages for his ordeal.

In a counter-affidavit deposed to by one S.M Kayode on behalf of the DSS, the agency said it had the right to detain Okolie.

It read in part “Sometime in July 2019, the first respondent (DSS) received a letter dated July 5, 2019, from the Presidency informing the first respondent’s service of a recurring case of impersonation of the first family by an unidentified individual using GSM number 09035666662 and directed the first respondent to investigate the matter.

“According to the letter, the individual was impersonating a member of the first family to defraud unsuspecting members of the public and specifically made contact with one Ahmed Halidu to whom he made monetary demands.

“Consequently, the first respondent’s service located the applicant (Okolie), who was the user of the line in Asaba and arrested him and transferred him immediately to the nearest locus of complaint for easy investigation.”

The DSS said upon his arrest, Okolie immediately confessed to using Hanan’s former line to demand money.

The agency admitted that it detained Okolie for longer than the period permitted by law.

It said the prolonged detention was caused by the thorough investigation it had to do.

The DSS added, “My lord, we hasten to state that from the averments before this court, the seeming circumvention of the requirement of the law in detaining the applicant was not deliberate but was necessitated by the overriding need to preserve classified issues that arise from the investigation.

“These issues, if divulged, could further fortify the criminal intelligence of the applicant and other criminal-minded persons and therefore compel the expedience of the action taken by the DSS.”

Okolie had deposed in his affidavit in support of the originating motion that he was denied access to a lawyer.

The DSS, however, attached a confessional statement of the applicant as an exhibit.

In the statement, Okolie said he bought the SIM card without knowing that it was previously owned by the President’s daughter.

He further stated that in a chat on WhatsApp, he asked someone to please give him N5,000.

The statement further read, “I was arrested on July 31, 2019, for communicating with the first family, which is the President’s family but I never did except when I had a chat with an unknown number asking me how I was and my family and then I asked for assistance of N5,000 which the person promised to give me but never talked to me again.

“I didn’t disturb him or her because I didn’t know the person just wanted to play along.”

The matter has been adjourned till March 3, 2020, for hearing

tsephanyah:
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-“The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to vice.”-(Cicero)
“-As soon as it is possible to disobey with impunity, disobedience is legitimate."-(Jean-Jacques Rousseau).

FarFromAverage:


Don't come and type garbage

tsephanyah:
.DSS arrested okalie because he tried to defraud people. He is lucky Hanan didn't filed lawsuit against him in the first place.

After spending 10 weeks in jail for allegedly using an MTN SIM card previously owned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan, a security source has explained why Anthony Okolie was arrested by officers of the Department of State Security.

According to TheNation, the source said Okolie was arrested and jailed because he was using the number to defraud unsuspecting persons.....

FarFromAverage:


Don't come and type garbage

Racoon:
So why is the presidency, Hanan or MTN yet to sue Okolie for criminal conspiracy ? Lucky for what? Let them sue the poor man if they have evidence.

Dexpro:

She most certainly will.

tsephanyah:
MTN, has argued that it did not transfer absolute right of ownership of the SIM card to Okolie because it was a national asset, which cannot be personalised.

DSS arrested okalie because he tried to defraud people. He is lucky Hanan didn't filed lawsuit against him in the first place.

Okolie employed the services of female accomplices, who could speak Hausa to pretend to be the president’s daughter.

After spending 10 weeks in jail for allegedly using an MTN SIM card previously owned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan, a security source has explained why Anthony Okolie was arrested by officers of the Department of State Security.

According to TheNation, the source said Okolie was arrested and jailed because he was using the number to defraud unsuspecting persons.

The source said Okolie decided to use it to make money for himself after realizing that the number was previously owned by Hanan due to the calls he was receiving.

In order to extort money from unsuspecting victims, Okolie was said to have employed the services of female accomplices, who could speak Hausa to pretend to be the president’s daughter.

NaijaDonCast:
yea she booked the space to type garbage you had earlier thought

Xisnin:
He is a man!

Agboriotejoye:

Can you explain what the bolded means?
You people are still peddling that fake news from an unknown source when it's obvious now at least from court proceedings that nothing of the sort happened.

I hope you do realise karma is taking notes and will dish you soon. Don't be surprised then if you cry and no one comes to your rescue.
Go and read proverbs 19:5

tsephanyah:
they let him off the hooks because of their good heart

Racoon:
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Nothing good have ever been or will ever come off this satanic government.MTN sold the alleged SIM card to the poor man are @ fault because if it was truly registered as expected of NCC regulation, then the picture should have been more clearer.

tsephanyah:
now who are we going to blame MTN or the fellow who decided to defraud people after he realizes the owner of the sim card.

tsephanyah:
read the article pls. I copied it from the article

tsephanyah:
MTN, has argued that it did not transfer absolute right of ownership of the SIM card to Okolie because it was a national asset, which cannot be personalised.

DSS arrested okalie because he tried to defraud people. He is lucky Hanan didn't filed lawsuit against him in the first place.

Okolie employed the services of female accomplices, who could speak Hausa to pretend to be the president’s daughter.

After spending 10 weeks in jail for allegedly using an MTN SIM card previously owned by President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanan, a security source has explained why Anthony Okolie was arrested by officers of the Department of State Security.

According to TheNation, the source said Okolie was arrested and jailed because he was using the number to defraud unsuspecting persons.

The source said Okolie decided to use it to make money for himself after realizing that the number was previously owned by Hanan due to the calls he was receiving.

In order to extort money from unsuspecting victims, Okolie was said to have employed the services of female accomplices, who could speak Hausa to pretend to be the president’s daughter.

tsephanyah:
read the article pls. I copied it from the article

BUSINESSARENAA:



How long will you continue to peddle this lie?
If the DSS found any iota of fraud while the guy was with the phone, trust me he won't enjoy freedom again.
Why did your DSS not bring in the evidence of the fraud to the court to substantiate their reason for the ten weeks detention?

I don't know what you lots gain in being stupid. This case is already in court and even the DSS is trying to absolve itself by stating that it acted in the orders of the Presidency, and you are here peddling lies because you have an Android phone.

tsephanyah:
what brings Android phones vs iPhones into this but anyways u make me laugh thanks

tsephanyah:
now who are we going to blame MTN or the fellow who decided to defraud people after he realizes the owner of the sim card.