Lawal Daura, sacked
director-general of Department of State Security Services (DSS), has been
released from detention.
Premium times reports that he was
released from a guest house run by the State Security Service (SSS) in Gwarimpa
area of Abuja on Wednesday evening, but his passport was confiscated.
“He was given his phones and
released to go, but his international passport was taken from him,” a source
was quoted to have said.
Daura was sacked by Acting
President Yemi Osinbajo following the siege laid to the national assembly by
operatives of the DSS on Tuesday morning.
Lawmakers were prevented from
gaining access into the national assembly which fuelled speculations that the
All Progressives Congress (APC) was plotting to impeach Senate President Bukola
Saraki.
After his arrest, Daura was
reportedly taken to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad facility in Guzape
neighbourhood, Abuja, where he was quizzed.
The DSS under his leadership was
accused of arbitrary arrest, intimidation and disregard for the rule of law.
Though released, the former DSS
director-general is said to be under surveillance.
He was appointed on July 2, 2015,
following the resignation of Ita Ekpeyong.
Daura joined the DSS in 1982 and
rose to the rank of director.
Between 2003 and 2007, he was the
deputy director of presidential communication, command and control centre at
the presidential villa, Abuja.
He has also served as the state director
of the service in Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Lagos, Osun and Imo states.
He attended various professional
courses within and outside the country including, the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies, (NIPSS) Kuru.
He hails from Katsina state.
Matthew Seiyefa, a director of
the Department of State Services (DSS) from Bayelsa state, has been appointed
as acting director-general of the service.
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