Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo
on Tuesday fired Lawal Daura, Director-General of the Department of State
Service (DSS).
Following the developemnt, a
source in a chat with our correspondent, said Osinbajo took the decision
“following events in the last 24 hours”.
Recall that we had reported that no
fewer than 30 Senators gathered in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to finalize
plan to impeach against Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike
Ekweremadu.
They meeting was held around
12:30am at a location Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The lawmakers allegedly met with
Daura and All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, Lawal Daura.
As part of the plot, Senate
Leader, Ahmed Lawan (Yobe North) will be picked as Senate President while Hope
Uzodinma (Imo West) will emerge as his deputy.
But according to our source close
to the presidency, Osinbajo was in the dark all along and “only heard news of
National Assembly invasion like other Nigerians”.
He said: “The sack of the Daura
is within the powers of the acting President. Daura hobnobbed with party
officials and the some lawmakers as if he was answerable to them.
“What happened today was a
breach; a total disregard for the Acting President. If anything had happened to
anyone, it would have been on his head. People would accuse him of
incompetence.
“The situation embarrasses the
country too as some countries through their missions in Nigeria have complained
to the presidency that they were worried about what was happening.”
Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande
announced Daura’s sack.
He tweeed: “Acting President,
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has directed the termination of the appointment
of the Director General, State Security Service, DSS, Mr. Lawal Musa Daura with
immidiate effect.
”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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