The Convener of Concerned Nigerians group, Deji Adeyanju, has accused the State Security Service [SSS] as the mastermind behind the hoodlum attack he suffered on Monday, 23 December 2019.

The activist, who was injured in the incident and had to be flown to Dubai for treatment, in a two-part tweet on Sunday, alleged that the SSS placed a contract on his life.

He wrote,

“The SSS behind my attack. After they failed with their gunpoint bribing strategy, they decided to finish me up by contracting thugs & miscreants. They contracted one Ali from Kano who subcontracted the tout that led the thugs who attacked me.

“They hired same people to protest at Sowore’s court & had planned same attack on Sowore if his rearrest was unsuccessful. The leadership of this SSS is the worst in the history of Nigeria. That is why ordinary gathering intelligence on prevention of Boko Haram has become a mirage.”

WuzupNigeria reports that Adeyanju was leading a protest to the headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to demand the release of Omoyele Sowore and Agba Jalingo when he was attacked and ‘seriously injured’ by the miscreants.

Sowore, who himself was arrested and charged for treason after he announced plans for a #RevolutionNow protest, had been in the DSS custody despite the courts ordering his release after the perfection of his bail terms.

He was later released on the orders of the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, after The Punch Newspaper wrote a damning editorial and the US’s letter to the federal government.