In what could be described as dramatic, officials of the Department of State Security Service reportedly stormed the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, carting away vital confidential documents.
The raid which took place on Friday night lasted till the early hours of Saturday.
Truth Live News gathered that a source privy to the EFCC had told Sahara reporters that the DSS is working for a particular interest very important to the president beyond what the public is made to believe.
It also quoted another insider as saying that the raid may be linked to the recent closure of the EFCC office in Ikoyi, Lagos by the DSS.
The source said, “I heard the raid and partisanship of the DSS was the reason why they raised an alarm yesterday (Saturday) that some of their disgruntled officers are planning to shame the agency and embarrass the leadership.”
Meanwhile, some of the investigators handling the case of former Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle are to be summoned by the DSS for interrogation, it was further learnt.
Matawalle was being investigated by the commission in two separate cases. One of them is a case involving his private company which got money from the National Security Adviser’s office without executing the contract, which was investigated under the chairmanship of Magu. The other case involves the alleged fraud committed by Matawalle while in office.
A source close to President Bola Tinubu also informed Sahara reporters that the president is also aware of the moves by the former governor to stop the anti-corruption body from probing him, which includes obtaining court orders to restrain the commission and other agencies from carrying out their investigations.
It is however unclear what the intentions of DSS were regarding the detention of Bawa and the carting away of sensitive documents relating to the commission’s investigations.