In fulfillment of a promise to give free medical services to
a Sokoto businessman accidentally shot during an operation, the Department of
State Services (DSS) has invited the victim to its hospital in Abuja.
In mid-March, the DSS Director- General, Mr. Tosin Ajayi,
approved the payment of N10 million damages awarded by a court to the
businessman six years earlier.
To compensate for time lost, the DG handed the businessman
an additional N10 million, bringing the total sum to N20 million.
At the time, the DSS Chief directed the DSS hospital to
officially integrate the businessman into the Services’ medical care system,
which would enable him to enjoy free medical services anytime he so desired.
A security source said the businessman arrived in the
hospital “a few days ago, and has been undergoing free medical tests and
treatment from the hospital’s best doctors.”
He said, “True to the DG’s directive, the man has been in
the VIP ward which, of course, is fully air-conditioned. They have been running
a series of checks and giving him round-the-clock medical attention, in order
to make him regain full control of his limbs. I even understand the DG asked
that he be fed for free.”
In 2016, during a pre-dawn operation to arrest a suspected
gunrunner in Jos, Plateau State, DSS operatives mistakenly shot and injured the
businessman who incidentally bears the same name with the suspected gunrunner.
The gunrunner was eventually arrested.
Two years after the shooting, in 2018, the businessman,
through his lawyer, Idris Akibu, approached a Federal High Court in Bauchi.
Delivering judgement on the matter with suit number
FHC/J/CS/18/2018, the court, presided by Justice Muhammed Shittu Abubakar,
ordered the DSS to pay N10 million in damages to the injured businessman.
“This is the third DG since this unfortunate case of
mistaken identity happened. We were very
happy when our new DG directed that we pay the money.
“He even added another N10 million to the victim’s money. It
goes to show that, not only can security agencies be law abiding, we can also
be full of the milk of human kindness,” the source declared.
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