Operatives of the Department of State Security have stormed
the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, preventing
officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in
Ikoyi, Lagos.
Impeccable sources in both agencies disclsoed that
there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and the EFCC over the
ownership of the building.
Our correspondent gathered that the DSS operatives stormed
the office around 7:00 am on Tuesday, and refused to leave despite dialogue
between operatives of both agencies, an impeccable source confirmed the
development to our correspondent in a telephone interview.
An official of the EFCC who spoke with our correspondent on
the condition of anonymity, said, “There’s been a running battle between us and
the DSS over who owns the office because the office was used by them before the
EFCC came on board and it was handed over to us.
“But it’s been an
administrative issue, and the matter is not in court and hasn’t caused any
fracas before now. But we don’t understand why they have to block our office
and deny our officials access when a new government just came in.”
“The office used to be ours, and we have been fighting over
it for years now, and the EFCC knows,” a DSS source said.
Meanwhile, spokespersons for both agencies, Wilson Uwujare
of the EFCC, and Dr Peter Afunaya of the DSS did not respond to inquiries by
our correspondent over the development.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com