{"id":19445,"date":"2019-12-27T16:51:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T16:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=19445"},"modified":"2019-12-27T16:51:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T16:51:56","slug":"dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting","title":{"rendered":"\u2018DSS not involved in Anambra Christmas Day shooting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied media reports that its personnel shot a native of Alor Community in Anambra State on Christmas Day while targeting an errant cow.<\/p>\n

A statement by the Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunanya, the Service is professional and will remain so in the discharge of its duties.<\/p>\n

It read, \u201cThe attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to a false story making the round that its staff, on 25th December, 2019, at Alor Community, Anambra State \u2018while targeting a cow that was running away\u2019, shot a native instead\u2026It is not true that a DSS personnel was responsible for this act.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Police has further issued a statement informing the public that it was yet to conclude its investigation to determine the actual killer of the person in question. However, enquiries have indicated that a member of a vigilante group in the area carried out the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe public is therefore urged to discountenance the story that the DSS personnel shot anyone in the community. Arms handling in the Service is guided by strict control procedures and measures such that none of its staff could have used his\/her assigned gun to shoot an innocent native or escaping cow. The Service is professional and will remain so in the discharge of its duties. It is committed to the maintenance of peace and public safety across the country during and after the yuletide season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied media reports that its personnel shot a native of Alor Community in Anambra State on Christmas Day while targeting an errant cow. A statement by the Public Relations Officer, DSS National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunanya, the Service is professional and will remain so in the discharge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[35,119],"class_list":["post-19445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-anambra","tag-dss"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018DSS not involved in Anambra Christmas Day shooting\u2019 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied media reports that its personnel shot a native of Alor Community in Anambra State on Christmas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018DSS not involved in Anambra Christmas Day shooting\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied media reports that its personnel shot a native of Alor Community in Anambra State on Christmas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-27T16:51:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/DSS.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"398\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018DSS not involved in Anambra Christmas Day shooting\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-27T16:51:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2018\/12\/DSS.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"DSS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/dss-not-involved-in-anambra-christmas-day-shooting\",\"name\":\"\u2018DSS not involved in Anambra Christmas Day shooting\u2019 - 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