All security personnel attached to politicians and individuals believed to be close friends and associates of the first family and top government functionaries have been ordered to be withdrawn by the presidency with immediate effect, Nigerian Tribune reports
The security personnel involved include the military, police, Department of State Services (DSS), armed squad of the para-military like the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Customs, Nigeria Prisons and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officials, among others.
Mobile police force served as escorts and personal guards in the convoys and private residences of the individuals close to the President in Abuja and their country homes. Roads leading to the homes of these top personnel were said to be barricaded by these security officials and paid with tax payer’s money.
A soldier residing in Asokoro District, Abuja confirmed to Nigerian Tribune on Monday that all of them have been directed to report at the base with immediate effect for further briefing . "We saw our withdrawal coming since the President, having lost the election. We have been with our Oga since, on the orders from the presidential villa and now going back to base.We don’t know our new posting yet. One of my friends attached to an ex-militant leader in Bayelsa State phoned me to confirm this, so the tea party is over for us and the politicians. We will now have time for real work,” he declared. All the heads of the security agencies have been duly informed and the need to comply with the presidential order, with immediate effect.
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