DSS leaves Dasuki’s house, seizes passport

Operatives of the Department of State Services who had on Thursday laid siege on the Abuja residence of the immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki on Friday beat a retreat.

They were however said to have seized some vital documents including Dasuki’s international passport.

The operatives, who stormed Dasuki’s Asokoro, Abuja residence on Thursday, prevented access to the house, and also disallowed the former NSA from attending the Eid prayers marking the end of the Ramadan on Friday.

It was learnt that the invasion of Dasuki’s residences in Abuja and Sokoto had to do with the probe into how the defence budget was spent by the NSA’s office under Dasuki’s watch.

Dasuki, who was appointed as NSA by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012, was relieved of his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that South Africa had released the $15m arms money seized by the authorities in 2014.

PRNigeria, a media with links to government sources, reported that diplomatic process, initiated by the former NSA, ensured the release of the seized money.

Meanwhile, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the action of the DSS amounted to a violation of the rights of the former NSA and was contrary to the constitution of the country and tenets of democracy.

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Metuh made the comment while speaking with journalists at John Kadiya Street, Asokoro, residence of Dasuki in Abuja, on Friday. He was turned back at the gate by DSS operatives, who insisted that the residence was under security watch.

Metuh said while Nigerians elected Buhari because they wanted him, the actions of some of his aides were scary to the citizenry as they were taking the country back to the dark days of military dictatorship.

He urged the Federal Government to stop treating those who served in the last administration under President Goodluck Jonahan as prisoners of war, noting, that what the PDP lost was an election and not a war.

He called on the government to ensure that those suspected to have committed any act against the laws of the country were handled according to the stipulations of the law.

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