Daura Lawal
The last has not been heard of the sacked Director General of the
Department of State Service (DSS) Lawal Daura, as PRNigeria learnt on
good authority that neither was he given query over any issue nor
indicted on his handling of affairs of the service until his sack.
A close associate to the sacked DSS boss who spoke to PRNigeria on
conditions of anonymity said that Daura insisted that he took all
actions in national interest through a collective responsibility,
including involvement of principal officers of sister agencies even
though he promised not to disclose on whose authority he relied on to
lay the siege on the National Assembly (NASS).
The source further said that “while the former DSS boss has not
officially handed over up till now, his house both in Asokoro and
Gwarinpa were thoroughly searched in the night and nothing incriminating
were found, and all items found including necklace, praying mat, CDs,
ATM card, women bags, documents and receipts have been duly returned to
him accordingly.”
The source also stated that when he was invited by the then Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo for the security briefing, he quickly rushed out
and left some of his personal belonging including phones in the office.
He noted that when he was whisked away and eventually sacked, he
did not know his offence. The source further disclosed that Daura felt
demoralised after being tagged as a mole of the opposition elements for
laying a siege on the National Assembly.
The source said: “Daura has been completely demoralised by the
wide spread insinuations of working for the opposition when he took
daring moves to protect the Presidency and the ruling party against the
antics of the powerful opposition elements. The allegation of being a
mole is utter balderdash!”
The source who is also close to security agencies pointed out that: “Spymasters
all over the world can be sacrificed but not to the extent of
rubbishing their integrity and reputation on the altar of political
considerations, especially a spymaster created by the same system,
considering the delicate and sensitive nature of intelligent services.”
However, the new development from the sacked Daura-born security
chief has contradicted the report submitted by the Inspector General of
Police (IGP) Idris Ibrahim that Lawal Daura, has confessed that he
deployed hooded Operatives of the Secret Service to the National
Assembly complex based on intelligence report that unauthorized persons
were planning to smuggle dangerous weapons and incriminating items into
the Federal Legislative complex.
His purported confession was disclosed in an alleged interim
investigation report submitted to the then Acting President, Professor
Yemi Osinbajo. In the report, the IGP argued that Daura carried out the
siege on the National Assembly, without the approval of the Acting
President.
“The former Director-General, Department of State Security
Services, DSS, Lawal Daura, acted unilaterally, without informing the
Presidency. He did not share or intimate other Security Agencies on the
unlawful operations”, Idris said in the report.