DSS are better bodyguards than soldiers – Ex-DIG warns Buhari


A retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police,
Adebayo Adeoye, has called for the immediate
restoration of the Department of State Services
personnel to the Aso Villa to provide close
bodyguard protection for President Muhammadu
Buhari.

Adeoye told The Punch that the use of soldiers as
Presidential guards could expose Buhari to danger.
Buhari had on Friday recounted his experience at
the Eid praying ground where he was almost
mobbed by youths.

He said that a man with a knife could have
attacked him, adding that only God protects.

Reacting, Adeoye stated that the situation showed
that the soldiers guarding him did not have the
requisite experience and skills to protect Buhari.
He insisted that soldiers have poor crowd control
skills, adding that the DSS operatives would have
better protected him because they were adequately
trained.

He said, “DSS operatives should be returned to the
Villa quickly. They should not endanger the life of
the president.

“Anyone advising the president to use soldiers for
his protection didn’t mean well. The president’s life
was in danger at the Eid praying ground, he was
almost mobbed by the crowd and I hope such a
thing would not repeat itself.

“The DSS should be allowed to protect the
President, military are not trained for crowd control
or close bodyguard protection.”

But a former FCT Commissioner of Police,
Lawrence Alobi disagreed with Adeoye’s position on
DSS crowd control skill.

He, however, admitted that soldiers should not give
the president close-body protection.
According to him, soldiers in mufti could be used as
part of the outer layer of presidential security, while
the DSS should rather be used for intelligence-
gathering.

He said DSS operatives were not so trained in
crowd control as policemen.

Alobi said, “The President’s security is a collective
duty, police should be used for crowd control, DSS
should be used for intelligence-gathering and
soldiers in mufti could be used for peripheral
security because there are different levels of
security for the President.

“DSS personnel are not trained for crowd control,
only the police can do that. Military intelligence
officers in mufti could be used (to protect the
President), but soldiers in uniform should not be
used, it gives a wrong impression.

“This is not a military government, so soldiers
should not be used. We should not militarise our
democracy”.


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true....I guess its about time DSS wakes up...maybe d witches following their destiny iyaf die.....

DSS everytime.... who sabi dem b4...na everyday dem dey trend nw

sentaljohn:
DSS everytime.... who sabi dem b4...na everyday dem dey trend nw

I guess dey just got to know their self worth...#DSS_out_of_slumber

Confirmed

They are trained to be bodyguards

I concur...

They are suppose to be bodyguards