The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied that a huge sum of money and weapons were found in the house of its sacked Director General, Lawal Daura.
A statement issued by the Spokesperson of the agency, Tony Opuiyo in Abuja on Monday, said there was no iota of truth in the allegation that N21bn and an unspecified number of Permanent Voters Card were found in Daura’s houses.
The videos, which Opuiyo had described as fake, gave an impression that the search was conducted at the residence of the former DG in Abuja, Daura and Katsina State.
Opuiyo said, “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.
“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 Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) or any other security agency at DSS’ office or residences of the former DG,” he concluded.
