President Bola Tinubu, GCFR, has ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Ikoyi, Lagos with immediate alacrity.
The President’s directive was contained in a statement issued by Tunde Rahman on Tuesday.
The statement read, “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 President said if there were issues between the two important agencies of government, they would be resolved amicably.”
Earlier, Theliberationnews reported that the DSS laid siege on the property, preventing the anti-graft official from gaining access to the building.
The DSS, however, described the report as untrue arguing that the property belongs to it and not EFCC.
A source whose identity was not disclosed told Premium Times that DSS blocked the whole building and placed an armoured tank at the front of the building. “They even placed an armoured tank just to scare us away”, the source was reported to have said.
Theliberarionnews gathered that there has been a long-running ownership battle between the two federal government agencies.
