The Department of State Service (DSS), on Monday, laid siege at the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP).

The deputy director of SERAP, Kolawole Oluwadare, confirmed to FIJ that officers of DSS noted that they wanted to speak with him.

SERAP had revealed that the DSS arrived at their office at about 11 am on Monday and two operatives asked to see their deputy director.

Oluwadare told FIJ, “They didn’t meet me; and my colleagues said I wasn’t around. They then asked if there was any other director they could speak with, but they said none was on the ground. So, they stepped out to make some calls and then came back in. This was when my colleagues saw they came in two vehicles.

“After some time, they left. The vehicles stayed outside for a while and then left too. What we are not sure of is if the operatives are lurking around. They are yet to make any arrests. I do not know why they are looking for me.”

Naija News understands the DSS infiltrated SERAP’s house a day after the organisation urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately reverse the illegal and unconstitutional increase in the pump price of petrol.