T he Department of State Security
(DSS) today issued a release disclosing
that some its agents took part in robbing a
Bureau De Change in Abuja. Curiously,
the agency’s release, which was signed by a
spokesman, Tony Opuiyo, failed to provide
details of the robbery, apparently in an
effort to cover up the ultimate ownership
of the stolen money.
However, an investigation by
SaharaReporters confirmed that the
robbery took place on November 20, 2015
near the home of Senate President Bukola
Saraki in Abuja.
Mr. Saraki had frequently used bureau de
change agents to carry out money
laundering since his days as governor of
Kwara State, a fact detailed in police
reports of his money laundering activities.
SaharaReporters learnt that when Mr.
Saraki needed some cash with which to
bribe judges handling his numerous
challenges to his ongoing trial at the Code
of Conduct Bureau, he often called on
bureau de change agents to help transport
the cash, sometimes after converting it to
foreign currency, which is much easier to
move around.
Our reliable sources, in confirming Mr.
Saraki’s part in the bizarre heist, said the
DSS had yet to determine the exact
amount of cash Mr. Saraki was trying to
raise at the time of the robbery, but they
insisted it was in billions of naira.
A source familiar with the DSS
investigations said the agency’s operatives
attached to the Senate President were
always aware of the senator’s procurement
and movement of cash. However, on this
occasion, Mr. Saraki decided not to use his
DSS agents to escort the cash, since he
feared “all eyes were on him and on some
of his details, too.” Instead, the bureau de
change operator was to make his own
arrangement for police officers to
accompany him as he moved the cash to
Mr. Saraki’s home.
Unknown to both Senator Saraki and the
bureau de change operator, the senator’s
security detail had a plan of their own.
They recruited some of their colleagues,
including army Captain Hussein Ishaku
Mshelia, to waylay the bureau de change
operator on his way to Mr. Saraki’s home.
The robbers stole the money by staging a
perfect “sting operation.” The security
agents who carried out the heist were
dressed in DSS camouflage and
strategically positioned themselves in and
around Mr. Saraki's house.
When the delivery vehicle was about five
minutes away from Senator Saraki's
house, several heavily armed men dressed
in DSS vests and military camouflage
struck and rounded up the bureau de
change operators conveying the money. The
agents reportedly told the bureau de change
operators that they were under arrest for
money laundering, specifically for moving
such a huge amount of cash without any
evidence of official transaction. The three
policemen hired by the bureau de change
operators left as soon as the armed
interceptors presented identity cards that
showed that they were truly DSS
operatives.
As soon as the police escorts left, convinced
that the DSS agents were truly on official
assignment, the armed agents, among them
some DSS operatives attached to Mr.
Saraki, told the bureau de change operators
that they knew where the money was being
moved to and aware that the deal was
illegal.
When the main bureau de change operator
telephoned Senator Saraki to report his
trouble, the senator instructed him not to
mention his name at all. But Mr. Saraki
did not know that some of the agents who
had planned and executed the interception
and heist were his security agents. Our
source said Mr. Saraki initially thought
the security men who had caught the
bureau de change operator were from the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).
Thereafter, the DSS agents who planned
the operation originally demanded N350
million in order to let the vehicle conveying
the cash to move on. After much
negotiation, they were paid N310 million.
Shortly after the robbery, the suspects
were identified and detained at the agency’s
headquarters in Abuja. Some of the
suspects, confirmed to be SSS personnel
attached to Senator Saraki, have
undergone several interrogations.
SaharaReporters learned that, as a result
of the heist, Senator Saraki’s DSS detail,
including his chief security officer, named
Paul, and chief detail, named Abdulrasheed
Ahmadu Maigari, had been reassigned to
the DSS headquarters. Another set of
DSS agents have been deployed to Mr.
Saraki.
Mr. Saraki, who enjoys a cozy
relationship with the Director General of
DSS, Musa Lawal, personally contacted
the DG to request the return of Paul, the
senator’s erstwhile CSO. A source within
the agency told SaharaReporters that,
despite the senator’s request, both Mr.
Paul and Mr. Maigari remained at the
headquarters where they also underwent
interrogation before the DSS released
some names today.
Today’s press release, which was
authorized by the DG of the DSS, was
instructive in its omission of crucial details,
including the date, time and location of the
robbery. The omissions were designed to
conceal Mr. Saraki’s role as the recipient
of the stolen funds.
Below is the text of the statement
by the DSS:
N310M ROBBERY-DSS ARRESTS
CULPRITS: N66.4 MILLION
RECOVERED
The Department of State Services
(DSS) wishes to inform the general
public that the Service has arrested
two (2) out of five (5) of its Staff
involved in the robbery and sharing,
on 20th November, 2015, of the sum
of three hundred and ten million
naira (N310m) belonging to a
Bureau De Change operator in
Abuja. While three (3) of the DSS
staff are now at large, the Military
Authorities have commenced a
detailed investigation of five (5) of
its personnel involved in the crime.
Preliminary investigations have
revealed that Abdulrasheed Ahmadu
MAIGARI of the DSS, conspired with
four (4) other colleagues of his
namely: Solomon INUSA, Peter
OKOYE, Patrick ISHAYA and George
Mwatapwa IBBI, to carry out this
reprehensible act. The five (5)
military personnel were led by one
Capt. Hussein Ishaku MSHELIA.
Meanwhile, the Service has arrested
MAIGARI and IBBI; and MSHELIA
equally arrested by the Army
authorities. Efforts are ongoing to
apprehend those still at large. A
total of Sixty-Six Million Four
Hundred and Thirty Seven
Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty-
five Naira (N66,437,445.00) and Six
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($
6,200) have so far been recovered,
while efforts are being made to
recover the remaining amounts. It is
to be noted that security agencies
now act in concert, thus the joint
investigation undertaken with the
Police, Army and the DSS.
This action of the Service is in line
with the posture of the current
Administration and DSS
management focus on
professionalism, transparency and
accountability. Those so far
arrested have been suspended
pending the completion of
investigations. For the avoidance of
doubt, the Service wants to reiterate
its commitment to the basic ideals
and principles as established by its
forebears and will not spare anyone
found to be contravening the rules
and regulations or the laws of the
land. We therefore encourage
members of the public with useful
information that could lead to the
arrest of those at large to volunteer
same to the Service or other
security agency. The DSS also
wishes to use this opportunity to
assure all law abiding citizens of
their safety and urge them to
partner with the Service in the
smooth discharge of its
responsibilities.
Tony OPUIYO
Department of State Services
Abuja.
6th December, 2015
http://saharareporters.com/2015/12/06/department-state-security-robbery-scandal-agents-stole-money-meant-senate-president

ok

If sahara reporters really mean you ehn... Just try go postrate beg dem nii!


I lift my left yanch for them!

By the time Sahara Reporters are done with Saraki & Dino, they'd wish they' never cross paths!!!!


On behalf of every well meaning Nigerian, they have our blessings to not only treat both Men's bleep up, they will also receive special recognition for it...

#saynotosocialmediabill ..

#freedomnonnegotiable ...

From fry pan to fire...but I don't see much happening at the end of the whole thing,CCT trial has not been anything convincing

Saraki may even commit suicide on the long run he had chosen the path of dishonour in his political sojourn in life

tomakint:
Saraki may even commit suicide on the long run he had chosen the path of dishonour in his political sojourn in life

He won't kill himself, he is too lily livered... remember how he snuck into the NASS behind his people's back

Sahara Reporters will do it, they will give him HBP that will in turn give him a stroke & render him incapacitated.

He can mess with our commonwealth, he & his cohorts will not take our freedom alongside! !

Walahi SR no go finish this country cos of social media clamp down


Sowore.... Diaris godu oooo

Efcc is now like mtn slogan. Make we hear word jare.

modath:


He won't kill himself, he is too lily livered... remember how he snuck into the NASS behind his people's back

Sahara Reporters will give him HBP that will in turn give him a stroke & render him incapacitated. .. He can mess with our commonwealth, he & his cohorts can take our freedom alongside! !

Agreed he is too lily-livered to commit suicide but these glaring and factual allegations are needed to pull the plugs off his own life .....Saraki is just a useless political stubborn goat with no foresight that he is heading to jail on the short run.....I still insist that he may likely commit suicide.

Someone thinks Saraki really take Sahara reporters serious to the point of committing suicide. Lol! They can keep dancing naked in the market square.

cc OAM4J


Mynd44

May our enemies never have
us reported to Sahara
Reporters.

Anything corruption revolves around Saraki, but I wonder why DSS chose to deliberately hide details that linked the incident to Saraki.

The Social media bill will end all this. Let Sowore continue, his trap has been set. He will end up in a Nigerian prison, and we will personally supervise his torture and execution.

Sahara reporters are really exploiting their powers. However, in Nigeria there is little to do after the investigation. People just get excited over the news and move on

Every day scandal, no improvement on anything. Just scandal.

They confuse the masses and keep them busy while the country falls apart

The fear of Sahara reporters by Nigerian politicians, is the beginning of wisdom.

Sahara Reporters want to kee someone in this country ooo

In Summary, SR mauls Saraki and Dino...

We don hear

Please does anybody have an update on these claimed law cases against SR?
-Obanikoro claiming to have filed a suit against SR for lying against him in the ekiti gate audio.
-Bukola Saraki claiming he has filed a law suit against SR for faking his british passport.He additionally claimed to have reported them to the British state department for forgery.
A year and several months gone, these claimed cases have died a natural death.
They always claim that SR are peddling falsehood,but none has gone beyond newspaper propaganda of filing lawsuits to actually file one.

hinwazaka:
The Social media bill will end all this. Let Sowore continue, his trap has been set. He will end up in a Nigerian prison, and we will personally supervise his torture and execution.

SR is doing a patriotic duty by fighting for the likes of u to continúe writing gibberish and get away with it is because if the senate likes it can enact death penalty for online media,it wont affect them one bit or stop them from doing what they have been for doing several years because the law wont affect its jurisdiction to publish.
Instead of commending them,u are pronouncing your own judgement and applauding someone's plan to gauge your right to air your views.Shameful for a supposed online user like u!

I think Nairaland would be great if they can toe the lines of SR...this require a bit of transformation.

cc: Seun
cc : lalasticlala

dockokwus:

SR is doing a patriotic duty by fighting for the likes of u to continúe writing gibberish and get away with it is because if the senate likes it can enact death penalty for online media,it wont affect them one bit or stop them from doing what they have been for doing several years because the law wont affect its jurisdiction to publish.
Instead of commending them,u are pronouncing your own judgement and applauding someone's plan to gauge your right to air your views.Shameful for a supposed online user like u!

The Social media bill will end the likes of Sahara reporters. We created it, personally for SowOLe. The time for him to sell his maitama mansion has come. I hope he is still strong and fit like he was as a cultist, in his university days.

tutolina3:
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Are the mods sleeping. You want virus to spread, abi

Saraki don enter sahara reporter trap.

One chance

hinwazaka:

The Social media bill will end the likes of Sahara reporters. We created it, personally for SowOLe. The time for him to sell his maitama mansion has come. I hope he is still strong and fit like he was as a cultist, in his university days.

it won't end it bro sorry for people like you!!

hinwazaka:
The Social media bill will end all this. Let Sowore continue, his trap has been set. He will end up in a Nigerian prison, and we will personally supervise his torture and execution.

God bless u. Seems that you understand the situation. SR is twisting things to suit their motives. SR is a lies a lot. People living arround him here know what happened