Daura’s sack is in connection with the siege of the National Assembly complex this morning by masked men of the DSS.
Nigerian DSS DG, Daura sacked, arrested and detained
Lawal Daura, the Director General of the Department of State Service and kinsman of president Muhammadu Buhari has been sacked, the spokesman of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed.
Daura’s sack is in connection with the siege of the National Assembly complex this morning by masked men of the DSS.
The presidency said Daura acted without seeking recourse to directives.
SahararReporters said that Daura was arrested by a combined team of the Police and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) for “breaching national security”.
Daura is currently being detained at the SARS headquarters.
Buhari appointed Daura early in this administration and he has purged of the DSS of perceived supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Osinbajo became the Acting President on Friday after Buhari proceeded to the United Kingdom on a 10-day leave.
The DSS and the Police had locked down the National Assembly on Tuesday, even as the Senate leadership had scheduled a meeting to hold in the chambers in the afternoon.
Lawmakers who came with the hope of attending the meeting were denied entry into the Assembly by the security operatives.
Lawmakers elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress had dissociated themselves from the security operatives’ actions, even as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party had accused the Executive and APC lawmakers of an attempt to truncate democracy.
Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed Daura’s sacking on his Twitter handle, @akandeoj.
He wrote, “AgP Yemi Osinbajo has directed the termination of the appointment of the DG of the DSS, Mr. Lawal Musa Daura.”
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