Vehicular and human movements
have been restricted on Mamman Nur street in the Asokoro area of Abuja.
Armed plain-clothed security
personnel have also mounted strategic positions on the street.
Newsmen were prevented from
getting to the end of the street around 2:45pm on Tuesday. He also tried
accessing the street from two adjoining streets but met armed mobile policemen.
Residents of the area who were
trying to find their way to their homes and those visiting the area expressed
frustration at the closure of the street.
Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was not available for
comments as neither picked his call nor replied text messages.
The Department of State Services
(DSS) had prevented officials of the EFCC from making arrests in the area in
the early hours of the day.
The anti-graft agency officials
had attempted to pick up Ita Ekpeyong, former director-general of the DSS, and
Ayo Oke, sacked director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
Oke has been linked to the $43
million discovered in an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, while Ekpeyong was accused
of leading an agency which compromised during the 2015 election.
This is not the first time that
the DSS and EFCC would be involved in a public spat.
The senate had based its
non-confirmation of Ibrahima Magu, acting chairman of the EFCC, on a report of
the secret police.
The DSS had accused Magu of being
corrupt, an allegation the anti-graft czar denied.
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ReplyDeleteSHOULD RESIDENTS SUFFER THE STANDOFF BETWEEN THE DSS AND EFFC??? GOD HELP THE MASSES......
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