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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has dircted the Director General, Department of State Security, DSS, Mamman Daura, to hand over to the next office in line.<\/div>\n
Laolu Akande, Spokesman to the Acting President released the information via his twitter handle.<\/div>\n
The decision mat not be unconnected with the siege of the National Assembly by operatives from the DSS, an action seen by political watchers as unprecedented in the history of Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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