DSS denies money, weapons were found in Daura’s home

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it is not true that huge sums of money, weapons and thousands of Permanent Voter Cards were found at the home of the sacked Director General of the service, Lawal Daura.

According to the DSS, the rumours stemmed from some fake videos which it said were circulated as being the outcome of a search allegedly carried out in the home of Daura.

DSS spokesman, Tony Opuiyo, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said there was no search on the home of Mr. Daura by any security agency and that there is no iota of truth in the purported discovery of N21 billion and unspecified number of PVCs.

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The statement reads: “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.

“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.”

 

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