DSS Detains Former APC PCC, Media & Publicity Chairman, Otunba Femi Davies In Ogun State

The erstwhile Chairman of the All Progressives Congress – Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) in Ogun State, Otunba Femi Davies was on Monday August 7, 2023 arrested and detained by the Department of Security Services (DSS) in Abeokuta.

Davies was invited for questioning by the service on Friday, an invitation which he honoured, having nothing to fear as a law-abiding citizen and public-interest journalist.

Surprisingly, he has been held incommunicado and denied access to friends, family, and associates since he arrived in the Ogun State Command of the DSS.

A concerned stakeholder, who spoke anonymously, stated that “given that journalism is not a crime in this country, the earlier invitations and subsequent detention of Otunba Femi Davies by the DSS is completely illegal and (it is) a naked abuse of power, Sections 34, 35, and 39 of the 1999 Constitution are clear on this.

“This naked abuse of power stands condemned. The willingness of SSS to be used as tools of intimidation and state repression also stands condemned in our society.”

It will be recalled that Otunba Davies was appointed and served as the Chairman of the Media and Publicity Directorate of the APC, Presidential Campaign Council in Ogun State, a position he diligently delivered for the mandate and candidature of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before it was dissolved in April 2023.

Davies is the President of the Society of Digital Newspaper Owners of Nigeria, SDNON, and a well-sought after Public Relations consultant, publicist, and brand manager with an outstanding career that has spanned close to three decades.