There is disquiet in the department of State Security Service (SSS) following mass dismissal and retirement of personnel perceived to be partisan, corrupt or on collision course with the present leadership of the service.

In a sweeping retrenchment Tuesday, the SSS sacked dozens of personnel including the former spokesperson of the service, Marilyn Ogar, and the former Chief Security Officers (CSOs) to President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan, Abdulrahman Mani and Gordon Obua respectively.

Other prominent personnel affected by the mass lay-off are Liman Widi, Yomi Zamba, Little John Okojie, Ahmed Abdullahi, Ibrahim Katsina, Larry Obiagwu, Abdulganiyu Dauda, Dahiru Dodo, Suleiman Dabo, among others.

A notice for retirement issued to the affected staffers with a title: “Retirement From Service”, read, “Following the on-going re-organisation in the Service, be informed that that your services are no longer required in the Department of State Security Service (DSS). You are therefore, retired from Service under Section 8 Rule 020806(II) of the Public Service Rules, 2006 wef 31st August, 2015″.
The notice, obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, continued: “In view of the foregoing, you are hereby directed to immediately render all Government property under your care, including Service Warrant Card, to your immediate Sectional Head/Director and obtain necessary clearance.”

While expressing the DG’s best wishes to the affected officers, the notification said “You are also to liaise with the Directorate of Administration, Personnel Department and Pension Department to conclude the necessary formalities for disengagement and payments of benefits.”

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr. Obua is one of the staff challenging his dismissal by the service.
Speaking through his lawyer, Andrew Itsekiri, Mr. Obua said he would challenge the decision of the SSS in court, as the service failed to establish anything incriminating against him when he was detained and quizzed over alleged corruption.
Other affected officers who spoke with our reporter also cried foul over the service’s decision, saying their retirement or dismissal were borne out of malice than “on-going re-organisation in the Service”.

One affected officer who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on the condition of anonymity said he was neither queried nor invited for questioning before his compulsory retirement.

“I have five years to retire. But suddenly I was sent on compulsory retirement without ever being queried or investigated for any wrongdoing,” he said.

Another officer who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES also faulted the service’s decision to sack him without violating either the service code or being invited for questioning over any wrong-doing.

The officer, who also preferred anonymity, argued that there was ulterior motive behind the mass retirement as it was targeted at “some specific staff”.

He accused the new Director General, Lawal Daura, of being on a “revenge mission”, saying Mr. Daura was targeting personnel he bore malice against before his (Daura’s) recall from retirement. “We will challenge this injustice in court,” he vowed.
Security sources said the mass retirement and dismissal were also discriminatory as some officers who committed offices liable for outright dismissal were retired instead.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that one of the affected officers went on Absence Without Leave (AWOL) for weeks with a service pistol, which he did not sign for, but was sent on retirement instead of outright dismissal.

“The offense is liable for dismissal. But because of favouritism, he was retired with full benefits, while others who did not commit any clear offence were dismissed from service. This is sheer injustice,” said the officer.

PREMIUM TIMES could not reach Mr. Daura for comment as he did not respond to calls to his mobile phone number.


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Obua said he would challenge the decision of the SSS in court, as the service failed to establish anything incriminating against him when he was detained and quizzed over alleged corruption.
Other affected officers who spoke with our reporter also cried foul over the service’s decision, saying their retirement or dismissal were borne out of malice than “on-going re-organisation in the Service”.
One affected officer who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on the condition of anonymity said he was neither queried nor invited for questioning before his compulsory retirement.
“I have five years to retire. But suddenly I was sent on compulsory retirement without ever being queried or investigated for any wrongdoing,” he said.

He accused the new Director General, Lawal Daura, of being on a “revenge mission”, saying Mr. Daura was targeting personnel he bore malice against before his (Daura’s) recall from retirement.

For me,there's no difference btw DSS under PDP and APC....what APC complained abt back then seems what PDP is experiencing now, funny enough some people won't see anything wrong in all this...what goes around comes around...SMH

OK buh op y would you book space on ur own thread? That's awful

Once again:

https://www.nairaland.com/2573815/vengeance-not-economic-policy

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Op which one come be Jonathan own inside na? Una no go leave that man make he rest

ojun50:
Op which one come be Jonathan own inside na? Una no go leave that man make he rest

nor be write am nah! Na as I se am online I copy am come here ooo!

That name GEJ is stil givin pple sleepless nyt....nawaooooo

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I still remember sometime early last year when Marilyn Orgar in an NTA press briefing gave a weak analysis of Boko Haram bombings and largely insinuated that APC is behind Boko Haram.

Now the tides have turned

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Total Northernization is the way! Nigeria must have a similar ideology, Nigeria must speak with one voice, Nigeria must be homogenous, Nigeria must be Northernize! Northernization is not equal to Islamization, Northernization is not equal to Hausa- Fulani. Northernization is for anyone, Any tribes, Everyone who wants to cooperate with the strongest power in Africa, It is a balance between the West (Britain/America) and the Middle East powers(Saudi Arabia/Iran). You can't win against Northernization, Rather than fighting against it fight for your stake and benefit in it. Just like what the Western powers are doing in the Iranian deal, and what Black Americans did in America. There are tired of fighting against it, they rather seek to benefit from it.

One affected officer who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on the condition of anonymity said he was neither queried nor invited for questioning before his compulsory retirement.

You have no business working for the SSS if you're not from Daura.
SSS has been turned to DSS (Daura Secret Service) it's called "chanji" in Hausa language.

mykemiley:
That name GEJ is stil givin pple sleepless nyt....nawaooooo

Even helpless, morning and day.

Good decision by the affected people. Some people still think that this is a military regime.

GEJ till 2019









na joke oo

They should be glad that it is justv compulsory retirement

Other prominent personnel affected by the mass lay-off are Liman Widi, Yomi Zamba, Little John Okojie, Ahmed Abdullahi, Ibrahim Katsina, Larry Obiagwu, Abdulganiyu Dauda, Dahiru Dodo, Suleiman Dabo, among others.

They are not going to see these Hausa names o

OK ....
I hope they'll not regret it

Change indeed. Mykemily hw r u swthrt

OK we shall c

Welcome to 1985. Can a Leopard change its skin ?

Obuah because them never open ur can of worms abi.....Kontinew

mykemiley:
That name GEJ is stil givin pple sleepless nyt....nawaooooo

Nope! lol.

Sai Buhari!

Undefined CHANGE.....Are we experiencing favorable or adverse change?

arrant nonsense

DSS is Any Government In Power (AGIP).

Were they expecting things to go smoothly with them in this tenure? If they were, then my 15months old niece is wiser than them

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Thank you.

This is getting serious.

To APC this is pay back time

wey does werey wey dey always shout









GEJ till 2019,dey sef

shey wan wo igbo lo ni?

While the case of Mr Obuah is a little tricky: due to the corruption case currently being handled concerning him, the dismissal of Abdulrahman Mani is a straightforward error by the DSS. His only crime was in adhering to due process, we all remember his clash with the unethical and disrespectful ADC. But since this government is a champion of impropriety, what the heck