Revenge: Marilyn Ogar Fate Unknown As She Hangs Around Office

Many who attacked the All Progressives Congress during the last election are in for a big ride and the Department of State Service (DSS) is not exempted.

Marilyn Ogar, Spokesperson, DSS

The government had commenced reshuffling through the new acting DSS director-general Lawal Musa Daura.

According to TheCable report, Marilyn Ogar, the Service deputy director has been transfered to Maiduguri, Borno State but the posting has now been put on hold following the insinuations that it was “punitive”.

Ogar as a spokesperson defended the activities of the agency against different attacks from Nigerians and different bodies.

The spokesperson, according to the report may be paying for all her pronouncements, for example, the face-off with the Bring Back Our Girls movement and the DSS raids on the Lagos office of the All Progressives congress (APC) last year.

Since she lost her promotion, and was called back from Borno State, information gathered revealed that she is just hanging around in Abuja waiting for her next assignment.

Daura who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari after the resignation of Ita Ekpenyong who was accused of compromised under President Jonathan administration is said to be inefficient, according to a DSS source.

45 new state directors who were promoted under Jonathan have been reversed including the fresh graduates.

Daura was said to have ordered the sack of the fresh graduates who were recently employed after eight-month training.

The new acting director-general was mandated to probe his predecessor including Ekpenyong but it seems the the discovery is disappointing.

An official from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has been asked to do the job.

It was gathered that the official from Katsina state is expected to be appointed as the new director of Finance, taking over from an operative from Plateau state who was said to have been appointed recently.

Daura move to probe Ekpenyong over some allegations levied against him has hit rock since it is discovered to be fabricated because some of the allegations that have been penciled down for probe are very difficult to prove.

During investigation, it was established that the raid on APC office in Lagos were actually based on a tip-off by an APC member contrary to the APC leadership cry that Presidency (Jonathan)  was responsible.

The source said ““Daura’s mandate is to probe Ekpenyong, but it is not looking bright because some of the allegations being examined are difficult to prove. It has now been established that the raids on APC office in Lagos were based on a tip-off by an APC member. This has complicated matters,” .

It could be recall that the DSS raided the office in Lagos on the believe that voters biometric cards were being produced illegally there, which generated outrage from APC leaderships and supporters even though no one was charged to court.

It has been gathered, as reported by TheCable that some of the agency top operatives are now beginning to doubt the capability of the new acting DG to pilot the agency.

According to one of the operative, “Daura was informed about the attack in Kano way before it happened. He refused to release money or approve the operations until bombs went off in three states. “His records show that he was at the very bottom of his class, and during his service years, his file was filled with a lot of queries that should ordinarily disqualify him from the job. There are a lot of competent northern officers who can lead the DSS. Daura is not one of them.” The reorganisation exercise is expected to continue as new governments usually fill strategic positions at the agency with loyalists.

Revenge: Marilyn Ogar Fate Unknown As She Hangs Around Office