Dr Charles Omole And His Hate For The DSS

From every indication, Dr Charles Omole seems to be the latest personality to join the clout chasing bandwagon. Surmise it to say that his new found passion for the Department of State Services (DSS) has not only earned him cheap popularity on social media platforms but more gullible followers as well. I am not a staff of DSS, however, as a retired staff of one of the country’s reputable paramilitary establishments, my fair knowledge of the operations of the intelligence community qualifies me to give credible guidance. Hinging on misconstrued interpretation of the Intelligence Agency’s mandate, Omole’s poorly opinionated annotations are nothing but a desperate and demeaning mode of cashing in.

On the pretext of dishing out ill-conceived recommendations, he jumps on every trending issue with publications that reeks of despairing efforts for pecuniary gains. A very smart business strategy… in addition to doing the bidding of his paymasters…

It is high time Omole took lectures on evolving nature of time and why a counterintelligence agency like the DSS needs to align with current reality in the discharge of its functions.

In recent times, the bouts of sponsored attacks from varied angles against the intelligence organization seem to be an attempt to distract it from its responsibility of ensuring internal security. Security in this perspective means internal order, national cohesion and unity and ensuring a stable environment for citizens.

The DSS by law is empowered to do all within its constitutional power to ensure that. In his next trend, Omole may need to humor us by spelling out categorically how the DSS should handle unbridled backlash by the public, particularly in an era of social media. Especially when it is an attempt succinctly conceived by misguided persons and interest groups to tarnish its image and demoralize thousands of its staff “who lose sleep in order for the rest of us to sleep.” The social media without any doubt is being used as a weapon to misguide, incite and pitch up citizens against the government and its institutions.

To an extent, I believe the DSS was the probable dream job of Mr Omole who is still wallowing in the despair of that lost opportunity hence his new obsession for the agency he missed to work with. And like a woman that missed marrying a man of her dream, he has continued to either deride the Service or express his frustrations for not having his ways with it. This has turned to an obvious hate. But why?

It is high time Omole and his likes allow the agency focus.

The relative peace being experienced in the country if objectively analyzed is linked to efforts by our security agencies to ensure our collective safeguard as well as provide an enabling environment to pursue our legitimate businesses.

Threads and articles that permeate disdain for the security agencies particularly written with partial knowledge can only serve as a channel of distraction, mislead the public and undermine endeavors of thousands of our security men and women. As a heterogeneous society, we have religious, cultural and ethnic fault lines to deal with already. Being unpatriotic can only serve as a minus. Omole, you can use your platform as a learned person who is also a Ph.D holder (if true) to advance positive postulation in the interest of peace and stability of the country. Omole could also chose not to allow enemies of Nigeria taint his personality over a morsel of bread. Be a patriotic Nigerian, Dr Charles Omole.

Michael Akpan, a management consultant lives in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

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Disclaimer: This article is entirely the opinion of the writer and does not represent the views of The Whistler.