A combined team of the Police and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have reportedly arrested and detained the sacked Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura.
Sacked Director-General of Department of State Service, DSS, Mr Lawal Daura
Reports say Daura was arrested just shortly after he was sacked by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo for “breaching national security.”
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, had, earlier on, directed the immediate termination of the appointment of Daura with immediate effect following the invasion of the National Assembly chambers by masked men of the DSS.
A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, in Abuja, Tuesday, stated that Mr. Daura has been directed to hand over to the most senior officer of the State Security Service until further notice.
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Osinbajo had condemned the invasion of the National Assembly by security operatives from the Department of State Services, DSS and the Police without authorization from the presidency.
Osinbajo had said in the statement,
““Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has described the unauthorized takeover of the National Assembly complex earlier today as a gross violation of constitutional order, rule of law and all acceptable notions of law and order.
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“According to him, the unlawful act which was done without the knowledge of the Presidency is condemnable and completely unacceptable.
“By this statement, Professor Osinbajo is consequently assuring Nigerians that all persons within the law enforcement apparatus who participated in this travesty will be identified and subjected to appropriate disciplinary action
Meanwhile, apparently miffed by the siege on the National Assembly complex, on Tuesday morning, by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), its Director General Lawal Daura, has been sacked earlier today.
Daura’s sack was reportedly effected by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.
The development was confirmed by Special Advier to Osinbajo on Media, Laolu Akande, on his twitter handle @akandeoj. The release stated that the acting president directed that Daura was asked to hand over to the most senior DSS officer of the department until further notice
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AgP Yemi Osinbajo has directed the termination of the appointment of the DG of the DSS, Mr. Lawal Musa Daura.
— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) August 7, 2018
Mr. Daura has been directed to hand over to the most senior officer of the State Security Service until further notice.
— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) August 7, 2018
Nigerian Presidency Also confirmed it on thier official Twitter handle
Acting President @ProfOsinbajo has directed the termination, with immediate effect, of the appointment of the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Lawal Musa Daura.
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) August 7, 2018
UPDATE: Matthew B. Seiyefa, the most senior Director in the Department of State Services (DSS), will act as Director-General until further notice. https://t.co/n3ORJwuCsT
— Presidency Nigeria (@NGRPresident) August 7, 2018
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