Sunday, January 11, 2026 - The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports linking a man identified as Ifeanyi Festus to its personnel over allegations of abduction, defilement of a minor and abuse of office, stating that no such individual is on its staff register.
In a statement issued on Saturday by the Deputy Director,
Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Favour Dozie, the agency said
the name circulating in earlier reports does not belong to any DSS employee.
The Service, however, confirmed that a serving officer, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, has
been arrested in connection with allegations involving forceful conversion and
marriage of a woman identified as Walida Abdulhadi.
According to the DSS, Onyewuenyi is currently under
investigation, and the conduct attributed to him violates internal rules. The
statement read: “The attention of Department of State Services (DSS) has been
drawn to reports alleging involvement of a staff of DSS, one Ifeanyi Festus, in
a case of abduction, defilement of a minor and abuse of office among other
offences. For clarity, the Service has no record of above named in its
employment.”
The agency added that an active staff member, Onyewuenyi,
“is suspected to have forcefully converted and married one Walida Abdulhadi
‘f’, has been arrested and is currently being investigated.” It further stated:
“It must be stressed that, such acts are against our regulations and laid down
code of conduct. As such, outcome of the investigation will be made public,
please.”
The DSS said details will be released at the conclusion of
the inquiry.
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