The Department of State Services
(DSS) has described as untrue the allegation that a huge sum of money and
weapons were found in the house of Lawal Daura, sacked director-general of the
agency.
In a statement issued by Tony
Opuiyo, a spokesman of the agency, DSS said there is no iota of truth in the
allegation that N21bn and unspecified number of permanent voters card were
found in Daura’s houses in Katsina and Abuja.
The spokesman for the agency said
that there was no search carried out in the home of Daura by any security
agency.
“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,” Opuiyo
said.
“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.
“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.”
Opuiyo asked members of the
public to exercise restraint in their narration of events and as such, desist
from spreading fake news or engaging in activities that he said might mislead
or further cause a breach of the peace as well as preempt the outcome of
investigations.
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