Operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, have stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Gatekeepers News reports that the DSS prevented officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to The PUNCH, impeccable sources in both agencies stated that there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and the EFCC over the ownership of the building.
The DSS operatives stormed the office around 7:00 am on Tuesday and refused to leave despite dialogue between operatives of both agencies.
An official of the EFCC who spoke with our correspondent on the 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.”
Meanwhile, spokespersons for both agencies, Wilson Uwujare of the EFCC, and Dr Peter Afunaya of the DSS are yet to react to this despite inquiries.
