Sambo Dasuki, a retired colonel and former national security adviser (NSA), has refused to surrender to operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), also known as DSS, who are trying to “forcibly arrest” him, TheCable understands.

The operatives have been laying siege to his Asokoro residence in Abuja since 6pm on Thursday and are now inside his compound. Journalists are camped outside the gate as the stand-off continues. After forcibly gaining entrance into his compound, the operatives moved out all the vehicles and moved in with theirs in an operation led by an officer whose name was simply given as “Dodo” from Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The operatives had also on Thursday searched the Sokoto property of his father, Ahmed Dasuki, the former sultan of Sokoto, and made away with documents. The operatives, TheCable understands, said they are looking for arms and counter-terrorism documents from the former NSA’s residence. Although they produced a search warrant, they did not have an arrest warrant, sources told TheCable. As a result, Dasuki said he would not surrender to the SSS operatives because he believes there is no “legal basis” for what they are doing.

Dasuki was officially relieved of his position on Tuesday, but he was taken unawares by the SSS which stormed his residence and made away with files and documents.

SenseiVoyles:
Dasuki is no small fry and he knows his rights, if Buhari's boys have any valid case against him they should go and get an arrest warrant, it makes no sense the deliberate attempt by them to humiliate him, What would it take to have given him the courtesy of inviting him to their office as it's done elsewhere rather than sending in the cavalry as if he is a common criminal,
It's especially suspicious seeing that they laid siege to his house exactly 30 years after he and Col Umar went to arrest then Head Of State Buhari at his residence, thus is just pure vendetta.
Dasuki is no kid, he remains one of Nigeria's finest military products with unquestionable integrity, even when everyone else joined the Abacha government, he felt it was illegitimate and resigned his commission criticising the govt from exile in the US

brainpower:
we will see a lot of this kind of situation in Nigeria. Buhari is very vindictive, but I hope he chooses the people to victimize carefully so it doesn't backfire. Apart from FOI, I don't think Nigeria as a country is moving forward especially our democracy. And this new alliance with USA can never be good.

millhouse:
To wht end is pmb doing all this...hope its not a govt of vendettas

CecyAdrian:

You are just a brainwashed fool

nduchucks:


Dasuki may have severely tainted his reputation by blatant theft of public funds under his control. Sadly, he comes from a royal family which is already independently wealthy.

Be that as it may, the rule of law must be followed by the authorities.

SenseiX:

Exactly. Thus is just plain vendetta and Dasuki is not a former Gov or FFK or some DG, he was the freaking NSA which after the president is in my opinion the most powerful position in Nigeria, plus he's well connected within the Northern oligarchy, he was suggested to GEJ by IBB after Gusau refused to come back as NSA, plus Dasuki is relatively clean as Nigerian generals go so the allegations of misappropriation may seem far fetched, A good leader should pick his battles well and it's unwise for Buhari to go after someone like Dasuki this early

StOla:
So a good leader must be scared of the sacred cow and worship the sacred cow, right?
Allegations seem farfetched?
Do you know what the government and DSS knows? It seems you prefer a Nigeria were anything goes.