The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday, said no raid operation has been carried out at the home of its former Director-General, Mr. Lawal Daura, since his sack last week.
There were reports that a search conducted on Daura’s Katsina and Abuja homes, had culminated in the recovery of N21 billion, 400 assorted arms, as well as Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs).
But, the DSS, in a statement by Mr. Tony Opuiyo, said nothing could be further from the truth, as it maintained that neither the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), nor any other agency, had undertaken any raid operation on the homes of its former DG.
It enjoined the public to exercise restraint, while awaiting action by the presidency which, it said, had pledged to ensure a thorough investigation into last week’s siege to the National Assembly by operatives of the secret police.
The development had consumed the spy master, who had approved the deployment.
“The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) 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”, Opuiyo said.
According to him: “These non-existent items include: Twenty One Billion Naira (N21bn) cash; 400 assorted and sophisticated small arms and light weapons/rifles; and Thousands of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) belonging to Niger Republic immigrants.
“In another video also in circulation, some persons believed to be personnel of a security outfit were seen forcing open safes stocked with money. The security operatives were described as executing a recovery operation at the Katsina home of the former DGSS.
“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 EFCC or any other security agency at DSS’ office or residences of the former DG.
“There is no doubt that different interests have continued to give varied accounts of the incident of last week at the National Assembly. It may, however, be recalled that the Presidency had pledged to carry out a detailed investigation regarding the alleged National Assembly siege.”
He enjoined the public to exercise restraint in their narration of events and activities “that may mislead or further cause a breach of the peace as well as pre-empt the outcome of investigations”.
.new telegraph
