Abubakar Umar, former military
administrator of Kaduna state, has called for the probe of Lawal Daura, former
director-general of the Department of Security Service (DSS).
In a statement on Friday, Umar
said sacking and placing Daura under house arrest is not enough for his
“misdeeds” while in office.
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo
had sacked the former DSS DG on Tuesday following the invasion of the National
Assembly Complex by operatives of the secret police.
Umar said the sack of Daura was
long overdue, accusing the former security chief of “curving out a government
within the Nigerian government” while in office.
“In the last three years, Lawal
Daura had marched from one audacious act of impunity to another; had rudely
defied the president, had routinely ignored court orders and seemed all but
successful in carving out, for himself, a government within a government in
Nigeria,” he said.
“There was hardly any observer of
the turbulent Nigerian political scene over the last several years who still
believed that Lawal Daura was subject to any laws not to speak of official code
of behavior.”
He also said Osinbajo’ action
“must not stop halfway” as the government should seek to discover the motives
behind “some of those crazy maneuvers (by Daura), many of which simply beggars
belief”.
Umar added that in probing the
former DSS DG, the government should ask the following questions:
“Where and in what condition are
all the assets handed over to Lawal Daura by the immediate past D-G , SS, Mr.
Ita Ekpenyong?
“What are the reasons why Lawal
Daura deployed SS operatives and prevented personnel of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from searching the residences of former DG,
SSS, Mr Ekpenyong and former D-G, NIA, Mr Oke?
“Was it not true that Daura moved
to seize and appropriate over $43 million NIA funds if he was not prevented
from doing so by the national security adviser?
“Why did Daura continue to ignore
court orders allowing several people detained by him to be released on bail?”
NigerianEye had reported how Daura
was arrested by the police and subsequently placed under house arrest.
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