•DSS operatives and El-Rufai
The Department of State Services (DSS) has announced the arrest and prosecution of five security operatives in connection with receiving bribes to facilitate the return of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to Nigeria from Egypt on February 12.
According to a brief statement by the DSS, the five officers have since confessed and have been handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for prosecution, reports Daily Independent.
The statement read:
At the end of a joint investigation by the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Ministry of Aviation, five officers have been detained.
They are:
i. Ayuba YAKUBU (ASP) – POLICE.
ii. Murtala Inuwa – DSS
iii. Najeeb MURTALA (ASI) – NIS
iv. Musa ADAMU – Aviation
Security ( AVSEC).
v. Salihu VICTOR – AVSEC.
They have all confessed to receiving bribes to facilitate unauthorised entry into Restricted Areas, to obstruct lawful security operations in an unprecedented manner.
They have been handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for prosecution.
Others from NIS and NCS whose involvement is not criminal, that is, did not receive a bribe, but abused their uniforms to facilitate unauthorised access, will face administrative action.
