The
Department of State Services (DSS) has stopped operatives of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from arresting a Former DSS Director General
Ekpeyong Ita.
Daily
Trust gathered Tuesday that Officers of the DSS thwarted the effort of EFCC
operatives from arresting Ita, at his Abuja residence yesterday.
An
EFCC source told Daily Trust that the Ita who is the immediate past DG of the
DSS is being investigated for offences bordering on alleged theft and diversion
of public funds.
It
was learnt that detectives of the EFCC, armed with both arrest and search
warrants, had stormed the 46 Mamman Nasir, Asokoro, Abuja residence of the
former DG at about 6am yesterday but were prevented from gaining entry by armed
guards from the DSS.
The
source said shortly after the EFCC Operatives arrived, the DSS reinforced its
security presence at the property, with the deployment of about 30 armed
operatives.
It
was noted that the refusal of the DSS operatives to allow the EFCC execute
valid search and arrest warrants is considered worrisome.
The
source said, “I don’t know whether it is within their brief to prevent a law
enforcement agency from executing arrest or search warrant on a property
belonging to a retired staff of the agency.”
It
added that, “The suspect in question is not a serving officer of the DSS, which
makes this action particularly reprehensible.”
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