ASUU strike: DSS detains Bauchi chapter chairman
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maina said that the action was a violation of fundamental human rights and queried the dss to explain the reasons behind the arrest1 by mohammed kaigama1 the vice chairman of the association dr ibrahim maina condemned the action at a joint press conference on sunday in bauchi1 maina alleged that babayo was detained by the dss operatives on sunday when he was invited to the departments headquarters in bauchi1 he said the asuu chairman adamu babayo was invited through a short service message sms which is not a formal way of invitation1 on friday he received a text message requesting him to report to the dss office in bauchi on sunday. he went to the office together with some of the executives of the association1 the dss operatives requested other members of his entourage to leave and detained him in their office he said1 the academic staff union of universities asuu chapters of the abubakar tafawa balewa university atbu and bauchi state university gadau had decried the detention of atbu chapter chairman dr adamu babayo by the department of state services dss1 let them explain to us why he was detained. that will give us the idea of what needs to be done1 if the detention is in connection with the ongoing strike it is a nationwide strike embarked on by the universities in the country and not a peculiar or personalproblem1 what wrong have we done by pressing for our rights through the strike he queried1 maina maintained that industrial action is the rights of a worker as enshrined in the civil service act which enable workers to press home their demands1 however a dss official who spoke on condition of anonymity denied the allegation insisting that babayo was not detained but invited to answer some questions1 news agency of nigeria nan reports that asuu had on nov. 5 embarked on an indefinite strike to press for implementation of the agreement reached with federal government in 20171