{"id":64739,"date":"2019-02-12T14:52:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T13:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64739"},"modified":"2019-02-12T14:52:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T13:52:48","slug":"re-elections-2019-presidency-threatens-to-sack-dg-sss-sacked-daura-now-in-covert-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/re-elections-2019-presidency-threatens-to-sack-dg-sss-sacked-daura-now-in-covert-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"RE: ELECTIONS 2019: PRESIDENCY THREATENS TO SACK DG SSS; SACKED DAURA NOW IN COVERT OPERATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to a publication on your news blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550065405269000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVtdyipRLHEowu76qcqqsAYmzZWQ\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>) titled, Elections 2019: Presidency Threatens to Sack DG SSS; Sacked Daura Now in Covert Operations. The Service wishes to state that the report and all the latest insinuations\/claims from your stable are false, mischievous and maliciously designed to bring the Service to disrepute. The condemnable write up is viewed as a deliberate plot to malign the integrity of the Service and distract its Officers from discharging their core mandate and responsibilities. \u00a0 It is pertinent to state that no such allegations exist either against the erstwhile or current DGSS. \u00a0You are, therefore, expected to retract the said story and desist forthwith from acts that may undermine the Service.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Consequently, the Service wishes to state expressly that it remains focused and committed to the discharge of its duties, especially at a time like this. This is more so that its energy is concentrated on efforts to provide an enabling environment for security, stability and peaceful polls.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Peter AFUNANYA<\/div>\n<div>Public Relations Officer,<\/div>\n<div>Department of State Services,<\/div>\n<div>National Headquarters,<\/div>\n<div>Abuja<\/div>\n<div>11th February, 2019<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to a publication on your news blog (pointblanknews.com) titled, Elections 2019: Presidency Threatens to Sack DG SSS; Sacked&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RE: ELECTIONS 2019: PRESIDENCY THREATENS TO SACK DG SSS; 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