There was confusion on Tuesday morning at the Ikoyi, Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) prevented them from accessing their offices.
Many of the EFCC officials were seen hanging outside around the premises, as it is yet unclear what prompted the DSS action.
However, it was gathered that both agencies have been on logger head over the ownership of the building.
DSS operatives stormed the office around 7:00 am on Tuesday, and refused to leave despite dialogue between operatives of both agencies, an impeccable source confirmed the development.
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An official of the EFCC who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “There’s been a running battle between us and the DSS over who owns the office because the office was used by them before the EFCC came on board and it was handed over to us.
“But it’s been an administrative issue, and the matter is not in court and hasn’t caused any fracas before now. But we don’t understand why they have to block our office and deny our officials access when a new government just came in.”
“The office used to be ours, and we have been fighting over it for years now, and the EFCC knows,” a DSS source said.
Meanwhile, spokespersons for both agencies, Wilson Uwujare of the EFCC, and Dr Peter Afunaya of the DSS did not respond to inquiries by our correspondent over the development.