PMB’s Chief Security Officer, Abdulrahman Mani, is this morning, reported to have revoked the order by the Aide-De-Camp to the President, Lt.-Col. Lawal Abubakar, banning DSS operatives from providing close protection for President Buhari. Mani, in a memo countermanding the ADC’s order, said the DSS operatives should disregard the directive by Abubakar. He said the order was a misrepresentation of Buhari’s directive, punchng.com reports.
Buhari’s ADC had on Wednesday last week issued a memo redeploying the DSS officials from 10 beats that they had hitherto manned inside the Presidential villa, explaining that the decision to strip the DSS officials of their traditional roles was part of efforts to enhance general security within the villa.
In line with constitutional provisions, he cited Section 2(I )(ii) of Instrument No.SSS 1 of May 23, 1999 made pursuant to Section 6 of the National Security Agencies Decree of 1986, which has been re-enacted as Section 6 of NSA Act CAP N74 LFN 2004.
He said the law empowered personnel of the DSS to provide PROTECTIVE security for designated principal government functionaries. The functionaries, he said, included but not limited to the President and Vice President as well as members of their immediate families. He said the law also mandates the DSS to provide protective security for sensitive installations such as the Presidential Villa and visiting foreign dignitaries. Punch
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