An acting Director-General has been inaugurated for Nigeria\u2019s secret
\npolice, the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja.<\/p>\n
He is Matthew Benabafa Seiyefa, who until his appointment was the director
\nin charge of the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), an institution
\nestablished in 2005 as the cardinal training institution for the SSS.<\/p>\n
Mr. Seiyefa is the most senior official at the SSS after Lawal Daura who The acting DG, an indigene of Bayelsa State, was director of operations Insiders at the SSS said he is close to retirement, and was indeed billed Mr Daura, who was appointed to the post by President Muhammadu Buhari in Sources said the handing over to Mr Seiyefa was being conducted at the The sacked DG\u2019s official convoy returned without him from the Presidential It is not immediately clear whether and where he is being held. Insiders Multiple sources at the agency\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0expressed relief over the sudden He was said to have denied five senior officials their official quarters Mr Daura was also said to have cancelled the regular meeting of the DG He also closed the regular channel of communication with the public as he Mr. Osinbajo had earlier met with Mr. Seiyefa at the presidential villa Mr Seiyefa arrived the presidential villa in an official SUV at about 4 He was received at the entrance of the Villa by the aide de camp to the Premium Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An acting Director-General has been inaugurated for Nigeria\u2019s secret police, the State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja. He is Matthew Benabafa Seiyefa, who until his appointment was the director in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nwas sacked\u00a0on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on the orders of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.<\/p>\n
\nbetween 2007 and 2010 when Afakriya Gadzama ran the agency.<\/p>\n
\nto proceed on terminal leave later this month.<\/p>\n
\n2015, was axed over the invasion of the National Assembly\u00a0Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0morning
\nby masked officials of the SSS, an incident the presidency said was not
\nauthorised.<\/p>\n
\nYellow House headquarters of the agency by the agency\u2019s director of
\nadministration and logistics as Mr Daura was not available at the
\nceremony.<\/p>\n
\nVilla to the Yellow House hours after Mr Daura was fired.<\/p>\n
\nat the SSS said he was placed under house arrest at the presidential
\nvilla. But that could not be immediately verified.<\/p>\n
\nend to the Katsina State-born Mr Daura\u2019s three years leadership of the SSS
\nwhich they said was marked by high-handedness and autocracy.<\/p>\n
\nin Abuja, instead allocating the facilities to his relations who are not
\nofficials of the agency.<\/p>\n
\nwith state directors, the traditional channel for briefing his office on
\nsecurity issues around the country and the forum for top level evaluation
\nof operations.<\/p>\n
\nrefused to appoint a spokesperson for the agency throughout his tenure.<\/p>\n
\nshortly after sacking Mr. Daura, and directing him to hand over to the
\nmost senior official in the service.<\/p>\n
\np.m., clutching a file.<\/p>\n
\nacting president. He later left for the SSS headquarters after the meeting
\nto take charge of the security agency.<\/p>\n