• DSS probing Dasuki for
treasonable felony
being kept for possible sinister enterprise.’



The 24 hour siege on the Abuja residence of
the immediate past National Security Adviser
(NSA),Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) by the
Department of State Security (DSS) was to
prevent “attempts to commit treasonable
felony,” the agency said last night.
Operatives of the DSS on Thursday stormed
three properties of the former NSA and his
father located at Nos. 13, John Khadiya
Street, 46, Nelson Mandela Street, both at
Asokoro, Abuja, and No. 3 Sabon Birni Road,
Gwiwa Area, Sokoto, Sokoto State, armed with
a warrant to search them.
The siege was lifted on Friday evening with
Col. Dasuki accusing the agency of witch
hunting him and trying to implicate him for
alleged security breach.
But responding through a three page
statement, the DSS blamed the ex-NSA for
unduly prolonging the search that should not
have taken more than two hours.
It said: “On 16th July, 2015, about 1650
hours, based on credible intelligence linking
the immediate past NSA, Mohammed Sambo
Dasuki (Col rtd) with alleged plans to commit
treasonable felony against the Nigerian State,
operatives of the Department of State
Services (DSS) conducted a search on the
properties belonging to the former NSA,
Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (Col rtd). The
properties are on Nos. 13, John Khadiya
Street, Nos. 46, Nelson Mandela Street, both
at Asokoro, Abuja, and Nos. 3 Sabon Birni
Road, Gwiwa Area, Sokoto, Sokoto State.
“The search operations were planned to be
simultaneously conducted, but Dasuki,
refused the operatives entry into his main
residence located at No. 13 John Khadiya
Street, Asokoro, despite being presented with
a genuine and duly signed search warrant.
“Consequently, what was to last not more
than two hours, lasted more than 10 hours, up
till the early hours of 17th July, 2015. Indeed
if not for the sense of maturity and
professionalism of the officers and men
assigned this task and the very good
understanding and timely intervention of the
new Chief of Army Staff, Tsukur Y. Buratai
(Maj Gen), there would have been a clash
between the army operatives guarding the
house and Service operatives, as Sambo
directed the soldiers on duty not to allow any
movement into his house, despite the
subsisting court order. SAMBO thereafter
raised a false alarm to the military authorities
to come to his aid as he failed to correctly
tell the military that his property was about to
be legitimately searched.
“Please, recall that Sambo retired from the
Army as a Colonel, and is therefore not
entitled to have military guards, if not for the
fact he was NSA. Even as NSA, such guards
should have been withdrawn after his removal
as NSA since he would not have been
entitled.
“The search was thoroughly conducted, and
several items recovered, among which were
some incriminating items. These include
seven high caliber rifles, (high assault
weapons), several magazines and military
related gears.
“The team also recovered 12 new vehicles,
out of which five were bullet proofs. These
vehicles which are all exotic vehicles were
retrieved from Sambo’s residence having
failed to produce evidence of ownership. For
instance, what could he be doing with five
bullet proof cars as a retired NSA? These
cars which from all available evidence were
purchased with tax payers’ money, were being
kept for possible sinister enterprise.
“The Service would want to state
categorically that this search operation is not
a witch hunt. The Service decided to move at
this time in line with current Management
resolve to be proactive and pre-empt
individuals with penchant for impunity and
lawlessness from putting back the nation to
the dark days. “The Service is also aware
that the lethal arms and the vehicles
recovered were not reflected in Sambo’s
handover notes or what could a former NSA
be doing with destructive weapons and bullet
proof cars which put together could disrupt
the peace of any city in Nigeria for a while.
“On the search of his three properties,
including the Sokoto residence, the Service is
aware that in his capacity and given his
antecedents, he might decide to use any of
his residences for such diabolical plans,
rather than his main residence.
“The Service Management would want to
assure members of the public that it would
not trample on the freedom of individuals or
groups as guaranteed by the Nigerian
Constitution and emphasized by the current
administration’s position on transparency, and
probity underlined by justice and equity for all
Nigerians.
“This is the driving force for all DSS
operations. However, the Service would not
hesitate to go after any person or group of
persons, no matter how highly placed once
such individual (s) breach or attempt to
breach the laws of the Federation. The days
of impunity and indecisiveness in the face of
unpatriotic acts by individuals operating
against the State are over.
“The Service hereby appeals to all Nigerians
to be law abiding and partner with it in
ensuring a peaceful and secured nation. In
the same vein, those that are bent on
breaking the rules governing our peaceful co-
existence due to either the huge ill gotten
wealth they have acquired or imaginary hold
they think they have on our nation’s survival,
are being warned to rethink. The DSS will use
all constitutional means as defined by its
mandate to deal decisively with such
unpatriotic individuals.”
The statement was signed by Tony Opuiyo.
The DSS has already barred Dasuki from
travelling out of the country having
impounded his passport during the siege.
Dasuki told The Nation on Friday by phone
that the state was merely witch-hunting him.
“They are desperately looking for something
to implicate me,” he said. They went to my
father’s house, breaking into the ceiling to
look for incriminating documents. They broke
a safe in my father’s house. Also, my sister
kept a 20-year old box in my father’s house,
they also forced it open. What has my father
got to do with this?
“And the old man is in hospital in London, he
was shocked to hear that they broke into his
house. The good thing is that they did not
find anything.
“They brought the photocopy of a 2007 draft
by my brother, Ahmed, and asked me to
comment on it. Was I in office in 2007 as
NSA? You can see the extent to which they
are ready to go to implicate me.
On the allegations that the house arrest
might not be unconnected with the $15million
cash for arms seized by South Africa, Dasuki
said: “I read some of these allegations in THE
NATION but nobody has asked me some of
these things they are saying. I was not even
in charge of some of these things. How do I
account for all?
“And if you want me to respond to these
issues, you have to give me access to
relevant documents. You do not need to
restrict my movement. You can see that they
are just out to set me up. Even if they find a
knife in my house, they will say it is
incriminating.
“There are some who should account 10
times for some of these allegations they are
raising but they are walking about freely.”
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We got to where we are because public office holders believed that they could do anything and go free. If they knew that they are accountable, we would be better off. I expect timely prosecution of Dasuki by the DSS or they apologize to him if they don't have enough evidence. Nobody should be above the law

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