{"id":119099,"date":"2025-05-23T17:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119099"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T16:28:47","slug":"dss-pays-n20m-compensation-free-medicare-to-victim-of-accidental-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/dss-pays-n20m-compensation-free-medicare-to-victim-of-accidental-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"DSS Pays\u00a0 N20m Compensation, Free Medicare To Victim Of Accidental Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BY Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In fulfillment of a promise to give free medical services to a Sokoto based\u00a0 businessman accidentally shot during an operation, the Department of State Services (DSS) has invited the victim to its hospital in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In mid-March, the DSS Director- General, Mr. Tosin Ajayi, approved the payment of \u20a610 million in\u00a0 damages as awarded by a court to the businessman six years earlier.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0To compensate for time lost, the DG handed the businessman an additional \u20a610 million, bringing the total sum to \u20a620 million.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same\u00a0 time, Mr. Ajayi directed the DSS hospital to officially integrate the businessman into the Services&#8217;\u00a0 medical care system, which would enable him to enjoy free medical services anytime he so desired.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A security source said the businessman arrived in the hospital &#8220;a few days ago, and has been undergoing free medical tests and treatment from the hospital&#8217;s best doctors.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, &#8220;True to the DG&#8217;s directive, the man has been in the VIP ward which of course, is fully air-conditioned. They have been running series of checks and giving him round-the-clock medical attention, in order to make him regain full control of his limbs. I even understand the DG asked that he be fed for free.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2016, during a pre-dawn operation to arrest a suspected gunrunner in Jos, Plateau State, DSS operatives mistakenly shot and injured the businessman who incidentally bears the same name with the suspected gunrunner. The gunrunner was eventually arrested.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two years after the shooting, in 2018, the businessman, through his lawyer, Idris Akibu, approached a Federal High Court in Bauchi. Delivering judgement on the matter with suit number FHC\/J\/CS\/18\/2018, the court, presided by Justice Muhammed Shittu Abubakar, ordered the DSS to pay \u20a610 million in damages to the injured businessman.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This is the third DG since this unfortunate case of mistaken identity happened.\u00a0 We were very happy when our new DG directed that we pay the money. He even added another \u20a610 million to the victim&#8217;s money. 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