The Arewa Youth Federation (AYF) has faulted the call for the resignation of the Director General of the Department of State Security (DSS), Mallam Yusuf Magaji Bichi over alleged rights abuses.

AYF’s National Coordinator, Malam Kabir Muhammad described those behind the call as paid agents bent on satisfying their pecuniary interests at the expense of national security.

The group insisted that the DSS has always acted in an ethical and professional manner in the course of conducting its operations.

The group in a statement noted: “Those behind this faceless organization are nothing but thugs under the payroll of some unpatriotic elements. As the authentic representatives of our people, we distance ourselves from their threats. The DSS boss and his team are doing a nice job and we stand in solidarity with them”.

“As a security agency, the DSS maintain international best practices. Detaining individuals for security reasons is a routine and standard practice everywhere. The DSS has always protected the rights of those in custody and there has never been a case of human right abuses against the DSS.

” There are also protocols before releasing some persons DSS may be required to follow. This does not in anyway amount to disregard to court orders. Those calling for the sack of Bichi are just disgruntled elements seeking to evade justice”, the statement.

“The excitement that greeted the arrest of the suspended CBN governor by the ordinary citizens points to the ills he melted on the people that resulted to several deaths using the instrumentality of the office he occupied. It is hilarious that the cronies of Emefiele would launch a smear campaign against the DSS and expect Nigerians to buy in”, the group noted.