Exposed! Why DSS chief is trying hard to exonerate Saraki over N310m robbed by his security aides

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– Investigation has revealed the reason Senator Bukola Saraki was exonerated over N310m allegedly robbed by his aides

– DSS has denied that Saraki was the owner of N310 million stolen by the senator’s security aides

– One of the DSS agents involved in the robbery had recently asserted that the stolen cash belonged to the senator

In a development that points to the ways in which high-level personal relationships are undermining Nigeria’s anti-corruption agenda, the Department of State Services (DSS) has again rushed to the media, using unnamed officers, to deny that Senate President Bukola Saraki was the owner of N310 million stolen by the senator’s security aides from an operator of a bureau de change who was moving the cash.

Senate President Bukola Saraki

Sahara Reporters says that Mr Saraki has close personal friendships with Director General of the DSS, Lawal Musa Daura, as well as other politically influential people, including a former military head of state.

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ZENITHBLOG.com gathered that a source at the DSS said he and other agents were surprised that Mr Daura, who since taking office has refused to appoint an official spokesperson for the security outfit, would swiftly use unnamed officers to clear Mr Saraki of ownership of the N310m stolen in November 2015.

One of the DSS agents involved in the robbery, and who used to be attached to Senator Saraki, had recently asserted that the stolen cash belonged to the senator.

Mr Saraki was apparently moving the funds for use in bribing judges shortly after his trial commenced at the Code of Conduct Tribunal in 2015.

An Abuja High Court recently granted bail to the accused DSS agent, named Abdulrasheed Maigari, after the accused agent agreed to drop his claim that the Director General of the DSS, Lawal Musa Daura, was aiding Saraki to subvert the cause of justice.

Mr Maigari recently contacted several media outlets, seeking to tell the full story of the ownership of the money he was accused of robbing, claiming he participated in the heist out of “patriotism.”

Shortly after Mr Maigari began speaking to the media, the Nigerian police arrested him on allegations that he was involved in kidnapping.

The DSS appears determined to erase the uncomfortable fact that Hassan Dantani Abubakar, the man ferrying the cash from the bureau de change to Mr Saraki’s house, with police escort, has been Mr Saraki’s “cash-moving” front for close to a decade, according to political and anti-corruption sources knowledgeable about their relationship.

The current DG of the DSS, Mr Daura, is also chummy with Senator Saraki. Several DSS aides said Mr Daura, who personally assigns the bulk of Senator Saraki’s security cover, met with the senator at an

apartment in the Asokoro area of Abuja especially during the early days of Mr Saraki’s trial.

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One source asserted that the purpose of the meetings was to assist Mr Saraki in his covert operations to sabotage his trial.

When SaharaReporters first revealed in an exclusive report that Mr Saraki owned the cash stolen by members of his security detail, the senator denied ever knowing who Dantani Abubakar was. He accused this website of writing a false report.

However, Senator Saraki’s security aides involved in the drama asserted that they robbed the senator’s bureau de change money launderer on November 20, 2015 and stole N310 million that was being transported to the senator. They detailed how they snatched the cash from the bureau de change operator at 5 Nana Close, Maitama in Abuja.

Director General of the DSS, Lawal Musa Daura

Tracked down by SaharaReporters and speaking anonymously, some of Mr Saraki’s aides, who are currently on the run, said the senator was in the habit of warehousing large volumes of cash, mainly for use to bribe judges, investigators, and prosecutors in order to scuttle his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for false assets declaration.

Mr Daura’s friendship with Senator Saraki has dictated extraordinary efforts by the DSS to distance the senator from a scandal that has the Senate President’s fingerprints all over it. Some of Mr Saraki’s aides still on the run disclosed that, on at least four occasions, the DG of the DSS secretly met with the senator after the latter’s corruption trial had begun at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

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The first of the clandestine meetings took place at Barcelona Apartments in Abuja. On two other occasions, Mr Daura and Senator Saraki met at night at the Senate President’s official residence. SaharaReporters has constantly reported that the DSS boss, Mr Daura, was providing strategic support to the Senate President to help him frustrate his trial.

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