DSS has reportedly found over 47 Pump Motion Rifles and Reside Cartridges in Obasa CSO’s Workplace.
PoliticalNews Nigeria stories that the operatives of the Division of State Companies (DSS) have reportedly found a cache of pump-action rifles and stay cartridges within the workplace of the Chief Safety Officer (CSO) to Mudashiru Obasa, the ousted Speaker of the Lagos State Home of Meeting, throughout a routine sweeping train.
In response to sources throughout the Meeting, the weapons had been neatly saved within the CSO’s workplace and had been instantly reported to the DSS, which dispatched operatives to take stock and safe the arms pending additional investigation.
“Meeting officers found a stack of arms neatly stored someplace within the speaker’s CSO’s workplace,” a supply mentioned.
“They instantly alerted the DSS, who in flip despatched of their males to take stock of the arms and in addition take them into custody forward of investigation.”
Allegations and Counterclaims
The invention has fueled hypothesis, with some Meeting members suggesting it may very well be linked to arms dealing because of the measurement of the stock.
A lawmaker, talking on situation of anonymity, instructed TheCable Obasa is “determined to return” to workplace to “tidy issues up.”
“The brand new and accountable Meeting management has performed its half in all of this. The remainder is left for the DSS and different related authorities to additionally play theirs,” a member mentioned.
“After we inform the general public that the Meeting has had sufficient of Obasa, folks don’t actually have a grasp of that message. We’re much more satisfied that our chief, President Bola Tinubu, just isn’t in help of his excesses and his resolve to undermine democracy within the state.”
Obasa’s Response
Obasa has but to publicly react to the invention, however an affiliate of the previous Speaker dismissed the allegations as a “smear marketing campaign” aimed toward stopping him from reclaiming his place.
Obasa is presently difficult his elimination as Speaker, insisting that it was unlawful and that he stays the legit No. 3 citizen in Lagos State.
DSS Investigation Ongoing
The DSS has taken custody of the weapons and is predicted to launch a full-scale investigation into their origin, objective, and whether or not they had been legally acquired.