The Department of State Services (DSS) has demanded an immediate retraction and public apology from The Peoples Gazette Ltd. over a publication alleging the involvement of its Director-General, Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi, in the purported abduction and forced resignation of a top NNPC official.

The demand was contained in a letter signed by Chief Ayodeji Adedipe, SAN, counsel to the DSS and its Director-General, and addressed to the management of the Abuja-based online newspaper.

The letter, made available on Wednesday, referred to an August 2 publication titled: “EFCC, SSS abduct NNPC boss Bayo Ojulari, force him to sign resignation letter after directive from Bola Tinubu’s paramour Olatimbo Ayinde”.

The publication, which included photographs of Mr. Ajayi, the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, and one Olatimbo Ayinde, alleged that the DSS and EFCC were involved in the abduction and coercion of Mr. Ba