A former Director of the Department of State
Service, DSS, Mike Ejiofor, has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, had no right to investigate how the DSS funds were spent.
He said this while reacting to
the Tuesday’s faceoff between the two sister agencies.
According to him, the Act
establishing the DSS clearly stated that only the President could investigate
the agency.
Ejiofor said, “I don’t have a
problem investigating anybody but due process must be followed.
“By the DSS Instrument 1 of 1999,
no person or agency is empowered to investigate the spending or operational
matter of the DSS except the President.
“It is only the President that
can ask for investigation. The DSS makes returns of its spending to the
President annually.
“I am surprised with what is
happening . We have never had it before. He (Magu ) has no power or mandate to
investigate the spending of the DSS. It is not done anywhere in the world.
“If he had the power, he should
have gone to the DG DSS. Possibly he wants to settle scores because he was
indicted by the DSS report which barred his confirmation.
“It has never happened in the
history of this nation before.”
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