Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that huge sum of money,weapons and other items were found in the searched homes of its sacked Director General, Lawal Daura.
Spokesperson of the agency, Tony Opuiyo, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday, that there was no truth in the reports that claimed N21billion and an unspecified number of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) were found in Daura’s Abuja and Katsina houses.
A video had claimed that such discoveries were made, but he calls the video fake.
Opuiyo said: “The attention of the Department of State Services has been drawn to the circulation of fake information and videos in which several items were said to have been recovered from the Katsina and Abuja homes of its immediate past Director General, Lawal Daura.
“These non-existent items include N21bn cash, 400 assorted and sophisticated small arms and light weapons/rifles, and thousands of Permanent Voters Card belonging to Niger Republic immigrants.
“Consequently, the Service wishes to inform the public that these videos are false and should be disregarded. So far, no such recovery operations have been undertaken by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or any other security agency at DSS’ office or residences of the former DG.”
