SAN FRANCISCO, September 03, (THEWILL) – The acting Director General of the Department of Services Security (DSS), Mr Mathew Seiyefa, has recalled officers he transferred out of the headquarters of the agency when he resumed office on August 1.
The decision to recall the officers followed the directive given to Seiyefa by the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, who was said to have scolded the acting DSS boss for carrying out reorganisation in the agency without clearance from the Villa.
THEWILL recalls that Seiyefa became the acting DG of the Service following the shocking sacking of its erstwhile DG, Lawal Daura by the then acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) as President Muhammadu Buhari was not in the country.
Daura was relieved of his position because of the role he played in the deployment of operatives in the National Assembly, an action that portrayed the Federal Government as anti-democratic.
It was speculated then that Daura took the action in conjunction with some people in the Villa, without the knowledge of Osinbajo.
Daura, who hails from Katsina State, the home state of President Buhari, was also handed over to the police for debriefing.
Seiyefa, who was the most senior official and serving at the Institute of Security Studies, Bwari, Abuja, immediately carried out some reorganisations immediately he assumed office.
Among those he transferred were the Director of Operations, Mr Bassey Eteng, and another Director, Grace Kentebe but both of them were among those that Kyari asked Seiyefa to return to their duty posts.
Meanwhile, there are indications that some members of the Presidency are making moves aimed at frustrating the confirmation of the acting DG because of political interests.
The aides of the President, who were said not to be happy about the unceremonious sacking of Daura, were also said to be lobbying to pick a replacement for him.
