The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that it found N21 billion cash in the home of sacked Director General, Lawal Musa Daura.
The agency, in a statement signed by Tony Opuiyo, further denied that weapons and a large number of permanent voters cards (PVC) were discovered in the Katsina and Abuja homes of the ex-DG DSS.
Recall that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday sacked Daura for ordering masked and heavily-armed DSS agents to invade the National Assembly and prevent lawmakers and staff from accessing their chambers and offices respectively.
Osinbajo also condemned the invasion, which allegedly occurred without official authorisation from the acting president.
The statement read in part, “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.
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“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.”
The statement urged Nigerians to refrain from spreading false information that could mislead the public or preempt the result of the investigation by the presidency.
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