State Security Service (SSS) raided Vice President Abubakar Atiku's Campaign Office in Asokoro, Abuja earlier this week. According to the SSS, the raid was not politically motivated.
"Details of the invasion, in which an American intern working in the office was seized and detained for about 12 hours came as the SSS spokesman, Ado Muazu, claimed that the action was in response to an alert by a neighbour, who allegedly noticed that an unidentified foreigner lived in the neighbourhood and that he went out discreetly.
The security outfit reportedly claimed not to have known that it was an office linked with the vice president.
The Atiku camp however, described the claims as "laughable," in view of the fact that there were three embassies around the office".
More info on the raid can be found at the following link:
http://odili.net/news/source/2006/aug/31/825.htmlDo you buy their argument that the raid is not politically motivated ? Personally, I don't.