Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has said that no huge sum of money,weapons and other items were discovered in the homes of the sacked Director General, Lawal Daura contrary to reports.
A statement by Tony Opuiyo, Spokesperson of the agency, in Abuja on Monday, said there was no truth in the allegation that N21 billion and an unspecified number of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) were found in Daura’s houses.
Opuiyo referred to a video he said is fake that gave the impression that the search was conducted at the Abuja and Katsina residence of Daura.
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.