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Tinubu Orders Secret Police To Vacate EFCC Office ‘Immediately’

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President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos.

DSS officials stormed the EFCC Ikoyi office on Tuesday, stopping officials from accessing their workplace. Gunshots were also held in the area.

But in Tinubu in a statement by his media aide Tunde Rahman, the President called on the DSS to quit the premises.

“The President said if there were issues between the two important agencies of government, they would be resolved amicably,” the short statement read.

Below is the full statement:

President Tinubu directs DSS to immediately vacate EFCC office

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Department of State Security Service to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ikoyi, Lagos.

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 work place, was brought to his attention.

The President said if there were issues between the two important agencies of government, they would be resolved amicably.

State House Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Tunde Rahman
May 30, 2023.

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