The President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has asked the Department of State Security Service to immediately evacuate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The directive comes after DSS agents invaded the EFCC headquarters on Awolowo Road early on Tuesday, barring employees of the anti-corruption organization from entering their place of business.
The DSS refused to let its operatives inside their Lagos office, the Service’s spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, revealed to The Spectator via a WhatsApp message, despite the Service’s prior denial that the claim was “true.”
The president made a statement at the State House Presidential Villa on Tuesday evening ordering the DSS to leave the area immediately in response to the rising tension between the two agencies. Tunde Rahman, the president’s press secretary, released the statement.
“The President gave the directive when reports that DSS officials stormed the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from accessing their workplace, was brought to his attention,” the statement said in part.
“The President said if there were issues between the two important agencies of government, they would be resolved amicably.”
