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Government Guest House Uyo Was Raided Not Governors House by rooftech: 12:24pm On Sep 12, 2015
let the truth be told government guest house uyo otherwise called presidential lodge not governors office was raided for being converted into an armoury.
in any case The SSS Is Right To Search
The Precinct of the government house

The National Securities Act, Cap N74, Laws of
the Federation of Nigeria, 2010, creates 3 (three)
Securities Agencies in the Country namely: the
Defence Intelligence Agency; National
Intelligence Agency; and the State Security
Service.
Accordingly, under Section 2 (3) (a) (b) & (C) of
the National Securities Agencies Act, the State
Security Service (SSS) is vested with the State
Security Service and shall be charged with
following responsibility: –
(a) the prevention and detection within
Nigeria of any crime against the internal security
of Nigeria;
(b) the protection and preservation of all
non-military classified matters concerning the
internal security of Nigeria; and
(c) such other responsibilities affecting
internal security within Nigeria as the National
Assembly or the President, as the case may be,
may deem necessary.
It follows that the SSS acted within the statutory
powers conferred on it by Section 2 (3) (a) (b) &
(c) of the National Securities Agencies Act when
it entered the precincts of the Government
House, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria on the
4 September, 2015, acting on a genuine
security report that arms and ammunitions were
stock piled there.
The precincts of the Government House, Uyo,
Akwa Ibom State, does not enjoy any
constitutional immunity from being searched by
the SSS or other Security Agencies; It does not
enjoy any immunity from criminal investigation;
The Government House cannot be immune to
entry by the SSS or Police for the purpose of the
prevention and detection of any crime against
the internal security of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria!
The immunity conferred on Governor Udom
Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria by
Section 308 (1) (a) & (3) of the Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as
amended) does not extend to the precincts of
the Government House, Uyo.
If a murder or treason or any crime is committed
in the precincts of the Government House, Uyo,
Akwa Ibom State or any other State for that
matter the SSS or the Police have the right to
enter there for the purpose of investigating or
even arresting those who carried out the murder
or treason.
The immunity conferred on Governor Udom
Emmanuel does not mean that the SSS or Police
or any other Law Enforcement Agency for that
matter cannot investigate or question him.
Immunity is not a passport to breach the
National Security of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. Immunity is not equal to lawlessness.
The purport of Section 308 (1) (a) & (3) of the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
1999 (as amended) is that no civil or criminal
proceedings shall be instituted or continued
against the President, Vice President, Governor
or Deputy Governor during their period of office.
It follows that Section 308 (1) (a) & (3) of the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
1999 (as amended) is not a carte blanche for a
Governor to stock pile arms and ammunitions
and carry out criminal activity in the precincts of
the Government House.
It is instructive that all the fundamental rights
guaranteed or entrenched by the Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as
amended) are not absolute. These rights are
limited and can be derogated from in certain
circumstances by the Constitution.
Section 45 of the Constitution provide thus:
(1) Nothing in Sections 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41
of this Constitution shall invalidate any law that
is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society

(a) in the interest of defence, public
safety, public order, public morality or public
health; or
(b) for the purpose of protecting the
rights and freedom of other persons.
So the hue and cry by the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) and the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo
Fayose, that the entry of the SSS into the
precincts of the Government House, Uyo, is
draconian and an affront to democracy is a very
unfounded statement and not supported by the
Constitution of the Country. It is nothing but a
red herring to distract the SSS and Nigerians.
The pertinent question is: What is a cache of fire
arms or explosive devices doing in the precincts
of the Government House, Uyo? Has the
Government House, Uyo become an armoury? Is
the Government House, Uyo, or any Government
House in any other State of the Federation of
Nigeria constitutionally provided to have an
armoury where cache of arms are stored in a
democratic dispensation?
I think we as citizens of this country should be
very circumspect on issues bedevilling the
Country. Arms and defence of whatever sort in
any part of Nigeria are a matter under the
Exclusive Legislative List of the National
Assembly, and where our laws have not made
provisions for the Government House of any
State of the Federation to turn into an Armoury
Centre, we should not justify or explain away or
trivialize the issue of why a cache of arms was
found in the Government House, Uyo, Akwa Ibom
State!
Re: Government Guest House Uyo Was Raided Not Governors House by Mogidi: 12:27pm On Sep 12, 2015
And APC then posted this image as reason to justify the raid.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2849460_q1_jpeg12cb0a5dae32e79458059fac7745ac63

[size=15pt]But wait.........here is where APC got the image.[/size]

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2849461_q2_jpeg94f08bb5284933a0874f0a4f1305aa4c

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Re: Government Guest House Uyo Was Raided Not Governors House by Firefire(m): 12:30pm On Sep 12, 2015
APC.................................................................................?
Re: Government Guest House Uyo Was Raided Not Governors House by Hotsparkles(m): 12:36pm On Sep 12, 2015
Presidential wing of the government guest house was raided and not government.

Immunity covers the governor as a person but not government property as in the guest house
Re: Government Guest House Uyo Was Raided Not Governors House by DaBullIT(m): 1:05pm On Sep 12, 2015
So , it's Ok to have this much cash money and weapons in any the guest house of the state government's office ?? grin grin grin

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