The operatives of the State Security Service, who placed the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, under house arrest since Thursday, have vacated his sealed Abuja residence, releasing their two major detainees.<\/p>\n
Mr. Dasuki and his friend, retired Colonel Bello Fadile, were released Friday evening 24 hours after the operatives descended on the property, placing them under arrest.<\/p>\n
Mr. Fadile was visiting Mr. Dasuki when the operatives arrived and he was promptly detained with his host.<\/p>\n
A source familiar with the matter said the operatives left after taking statement from Mr. Dasuki, asking him questions about the cars found in his compound, some of which \u00a0our sources said belonged to his wife and guests.<\/p>\n
The cars had earlier being towed away early Tuesday morning, and are yet to be returned, according to a friend of Mr. Dasuki.<\/p>\n
The SSS operatives had surrounded the House, located at John Kabiya street in the Asokoro District of Abuja Thursday evening and barred anyone from gaining entrance or exiting.<\/p>\n
While the siege on the Abuja property was on, another set of detectives descended on a property belonging to Mr. Dasuki\u2019s father in Sokoto, holding occupants hostage and searching everywhere.<\/p>\n
Even while his men were sealing Mr. Dasuki\u2019s property, the acting Director General of the SSS, Lawal Daura, told PREMIUM TIMES he had no knowledge of the operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not aware of any siege,\u201d Mr. Daura said. \u201cWhat we are doing is celebrating Sallah and not carrying out any siege or house arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Dasuki was removed as NSA on Monday by Mr. Buhari after serving for three years as Nigeria\u2019s National Security Adviser.<\/p>\n
The operatives of the State Security Service, who placed the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, under house arrest since Thursday, have vacated his sealed Abuja residence, releasing their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n