DSS rumbles: Service operatives kick at Maryln Ogar's demotion and Buhari's witch-hunt. Revealed Daura also benefited from the promotions

DSS kicks at Maryln Ogar's demotion and Buhari's witch-hunt. Daura also benefited from the promotions

The Department of State Service (DSS) seems to be in trouble already as some policy reversals which operatives consider as “witch-hunt” are being implemented just four days after a new Director General (DG) took over.

Among the issues rocking the service was the unpopular decision of the Lawal Daura the DG of DSS to suspend the promotions done this year in the service which were approved by former President Goodluck Jonathan. The directive specifically targeted former Spokesman of DSS, Marylyn Ogar who was also asked to return to Nigeria from her PhD study leave.

According to Breaking Times, sources in the administration said that the  Ogar who got an approval to proceed on three years study leave during the tenure of the former DG, Ita Ekpeyong has been asked to return to the country immediately.

General Muhammadu Buhari in a circular approved the reversal of all promotions in the DSS approved by the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan from March 31.

A memo released to operatives of the secret police and signed by Toma Minti on behalf of the DG indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari had spotted “observed lapses” in the promotions released from March 31 and has accordingly directed a suspension.

However a source insisted that it was simply an act of witch-hunt because the promotions went through due process. A source who clarified the process of promotion in the DSS  stated that “promotions in the DSS are recommended by the service, forwarded to the National Security Adviser, who ratifies and then forwards to the President for approval."

“If President Buhari had actually ordered the suspension, then he must have been grossly misled. Come around and sample the opinions of my colleagues and you would be amazed at such low morale that pervades the service since the release of the circular”, another operative said.

The source said: “All these steps were followed. These promotions were duly approved by immediate ex- President Goodluck Jonathan before they were effected. It is difficult to prove any lapses or irregularities in that process because the incumbent DG, Daura, was also a beneficiary of a similar exercise when ex-DG, Ekpenyong Ita promoted him to the post of a Director at the twilight of his career shortly before he retired from Service.”

The personnel affected include those promoted, converted and upgraded within the period under review. They are, therefore, to revert to their former ranks with immediate effect.”

Buhari is simply implementing a Northern Agenda. They are reversing the rpomotions in order to place northerners in the DSS at strategic positions. This is the same tactics that has been used in various sectors including the judiciary where the northern Nigeria has continued to produce the Chief Justices of Nigeria.

It was gathered that panic has already gripped operatives of the Nigeria's secret police, following allegations of a possible witch-hunt as it was said that some departments, including the Public Relations and the Institute for Security Studies were being already penciled for certain actions.

The memo directed all affected personnel to revert to the old ranks while a committee was constituted to review all cases.

People must rise up and fight this modern day dictatorship cloaked in civilian attire!