The Presidency on Wednesday said
the former Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Mr. Lawal
Daura, who was dismissed last week, was being debriefed and was not under
detention.
Presidential spokesman, Femi
Adesina, spoke on an Arise TV programme anchored by Reuben Abati.
Adesina explained that Daura,
with a lot of security matters at his disposal, had to be properly debriefed
before he can be totally freed.
He said, “I wouldn’t call that
detention really. You know that a person of that caliber (Daura) needed to be
debriefed and he needs to hand over properly.
“This is security. On security at
that level, you don’t ask the man to go. No. There must be proper debriefing
and handing over.
“Whether we like it or not, there
were some milestone achievements under Daura – the Chibok girls’ kidnap, which
happened under the government you (Abati) served, on which there was no headway
(the release of some of them happened under Daura).
“There is this problem that it is
not everything that the hunter sees in the forest that he talks about. But at
the risk of revealing something, l know that a breakthrough was about being
achieved about Leah Sharibu before what happened to the DG, DSS happened.
“Then, do you think he should
walk away without handing over to whoever is succeeding him? That is why there
has to be that interface between him and his former subordinates who are now
running the show for awhile.”
Adesina noted that the DSS seige
had the tendency to harm democracy and portray the government in bad light,
affirming that the presidency was not consulted before that decision was taken.
He added, “People always want to
hear what they think is the story. The story has been told that there was a
blockade at the National Assembly, which was not authorised and it had the
tendency of hurting democracy.
“It had the tendency of making
government look bad and the person, who was behind that blockade, faced the
music. If there was consultation, the presidency might not have authorised it.”
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