The Trent can confirm that Mr. Gordon Obua, former Chief Security Officer to President Goodluck Jonathan has passed away a few hours ago, July 20, 2015 in the custody of Department of Security Services (DSS) in its Abuja Headquarters where he had been detained since Thursday, July 16, 2015 on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Sources who have been monitoring the situation have confirmed Obua’s passing to The Trent. He was arrested on Thursday when he honoured an invitation by the DSS and had been in solitary confinement until his death.

Obua, who was being detained by the DSS in an underground dungeon for undisclosed reasons was being denied access to his lawyers, family, and his doctors on the orders of the new Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura. The DSS (also called SSS) serves as Nigeria’s secret police.

Our sources say Obua’s remains are still in the custody of the DSS at the time of filing this report. He was held without charges filed against him.

On July 18, 2015, Onochie Onwuegbuna, the lead partner at Zeran Legal, has issued a press statement on behalf of Obua’s family complaining about the conditions in which his client was being detained and said that his client was being witch-hunted by the Buhari government. He said his client was diabetic and hypertensive and was being denied his drugs as well as food and water by the DSS.

Obua, until his death, was an employee of the SSS and his employer knew about his medical conditions but decided, in impunity, to deny him access to his medicines and doctor, his lawyer alleged.

Onwuegbuna said that the Buhari government had ‘marked’ his client, and other individuals who held offices in Jonathan’s administration and the arrest of his client was a scheme, “in other to implicate them by all means for phantom crimes or offences”.

A non-governmental organisation, the Society for Global Justice had issued a statement on Obua’s continued detention at the DSS, on Saturday calling for the release of the former Chief Security Officer.

Executive director of the group, Mr. Marcus Ogabe confirmed that Obua was detained at the SSS headquarters in Abuja since Thursday.

The group also said the continued detention of Obua is indicative of “the tyrannical, autocratic and dictatorship tendency of the Muhammadu Buhari administration”.

“‎Obua has been detained since last Thursday at the headquarters of the State Security Services in Abuja without charge.

“He was also not told the reason for which he is being detained, the group said.

http://www.maniatrend.com/breaking-news-former-cso-to-president-jonathan-gordon-obua-dies-in-sss-custody/

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

R.I.P

Really

How sad. may god help us in dis country.

I hope this is not true otherwise how can this be happening in Nigeria? These security offices and their leaders have sworn to uphold the supreme law of the land, is this what it is? Now the cover-ups and lies will start flying around in order to extricate themselves from the implications of the death of this man in their custody. When will we learn to uphold human rights and the sanctity of life? Even the actual boko haram criminals caught in the act are kept alive at tax payers expense and subsequently released yet they had to oversee the death of a man that by law is innocent until proven guilty!
If there is any justice or sense of decency some people like the DG of the DSS ought to tender their resignation or see to it that the parties responsible are immediately dismissed and prosecuted but no, his life is considered expendable in this regime of demons posing as leaders...

May his soul RIP whilst tormenting his tormentors!

I hope and pray this is not true.

Big lie, fake link

While I doubt the report it will be very sad if the man actually dies in custody. I do not know what offence he has committed but detaining him since Thursday without being charged to court is ..... I hope we aren't returning to the dark days of military dictatorship.
We were warned.

waiting on dss press release

Can this be true?

totalhouse:
Can this be true?

I honestly hope that this information is untrue. This will deal a fatal dastardly blow on both the government and the SSS.

Nsogbu!

Make day break first then I go comment

This is unacceptable if it's true

If this is true, then Buhari is NOT FIT to rule Nigeria. I strongly advise that he be impeached

Ah! Dis ppl shld fear God ooo... that secret they don't want to be public...God is still watching you all ooo. RIP to d dead. the truth will surely b out one day!

God may this not be true oooh...Am so scared abeg..cos this will finish this government completely.

Seems it's true, insiders confirmed. No news yet from family.

What

And no other trustworthy source to confirm this.

Just sure this is not true

It seemed a new"Epic movie series" is loading to be launched.

Just watching from afar to see wats next. looks like we're in for more Melo dramas.

It seems like a new"Epic movie series" is loading to be launched.

Just watching from afar to see wats next. looks like we're in for more Melo dramas.

The guy commits suicide to hide a shit

Let us keep calm and confirm this in the morning.

Holding someone without charge and denying him to his medicine to care of existing medical condition was the norm during military era of General Buhari/Idiagbon, IBB and Sani Abacha. Gani Fawehinmi, Beko Ranssome Kuti, Dele Giwa and many journalists and civil rights activitists and labour leaders suffered greatly when they went through this dark era. Nobody should take Nigeria backwards to that era.

We hope this news is not true.

Sad... Really sad...

If this is true, then I perceive that there is a cabal somewhere trying to cover up their evil deeds. Sad

Sad

Baba dix op na fat liar oooo why u na only u b news caster u 4get say day go brake abi
U dey talk like boko haram oo