DSS reacts to report alleging operatives carted away incriminating files of Tinubu, allies

The Department of State Services (DSS) has described as laughable and petty an online report which alleged that its operatives “carted away” all incriminating files relating to President Bola Tinubu and his close aides from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

In a statement on Sunday, Peter Afunanya, the DSS spokesperson, said nothing of such happened, “To set the records straight, the DSS did not execute operations of any kind at the ICPC and CCB or remove files from their offices,” the statement reads.

“Instructively, the two agencies have, on their own, refuted the news in widely circulated press statements.

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Afunanya also revealed that Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara west, was not invited over alleged refusal to respond to telephone calls from President Bola Tinubu.

Recently, a report alleged that Yari was arrested and detained by the DSS over the claim that he shunned Tinubu’s telephone calls in June.

The report also claimed that the telephone call was initiated by the president to pressure the former Zamfara governor to drop his ambition to become the senate president.

“It is petty, if not laughable, to report that Yari was invited for refusing to pick the president’s call. This is the height of junk journalism. Yari knows why he was invited.

“In fact, the service denies all the allegations as they lack any factual basis or credibility. They are only figments of the creators’ imaginations.”