Afrigather Operatives of the Division of State Safety have stormed the Lagos workplace of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, stopping officers of the anti-graft company from getting access to their workplace in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Impeccable sources in each companies instructed The PUNCH that there was an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and the EFCC over the possession of the constructing.
Our correspondent gathered that the DSS operatives stormed the workplace round 7:00 am on Tuesday, and refused to depart regardless of dialogue between operatives of each companies, an impeccable supply confirmed the event to our correspondent in a phone interview.
An official of the EFCC who spoke with our correspondent on the situation of anonymity, mentioned, “There’s been a working battle between us and the DSS over who owns the workplace as a result of the workplace was utilized by them earlier than the EFCC got here on board and it was handed over to us.
“Nevertheless it’s been an administrative concern, and the matter is just not in courtroom and hasn’t triggered any fracas prior to now. However we don’t perceive why they’ve to dam our workplace and deny our officers entry when a brand new authorities simply got here in.”
“The workplace was ours, and we have now been preventing over it for years now, and the EFCC is aware of,” a DSS supply mentioned.
In the meantime, spokespersons for each companies, Wilson Uwujaren of the EFCC, and Dr Peter Afunaya of the DSS didn’t reply to inquiries by our correspondent over the event.
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