The former Chief Security Officer (CSO), to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Gordon Obua, has debunked the rumour making the rounds that he was dead in the State Security Service (SSS) detention, saying that he was in the custody to give account of his six-year service to the former President.
Many social media, yesterday published the news of the death of the former CSO in the SSS detention. But he was presented at an unscheduled press conference at the SSS headquarters in Abuja today, where he has been held since Thursday last week.
Obua had embarked on hunger strike to protest his detention conditions and was reported to have fainted over the weekend. He is said to be suffering from hypertension and diabetes and was given medicare at an undisclosed facility and discharged today.
Obua, who was given chance to speak to newsmen at today’s news briefing said that he was alive and well, assuring members of his family that he would be fine.
He said that he was in SSS custody to give account of his 6-year posting as the Chief Security Officer to former President Jonathan.
He made it clear that he is still an employee of the State Security Service. [myad]
