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Before and during the Eid Kabir celebrations, attacks on places of worship and recreational facilities are planned, the Department of State Services DSS, has warned Nigerians.

The recovery of improvised explosive devices from terrorists during combined operations by the service, members of the Nigerian Army, and Police indicates to the intended attack, according to the Nigerian secret police.

Nigerians were asked to exercise caution in a statement released on Thursday and signed by the Service’s spokesperson, Peter Afunanya.

It partly read, “On its part, the DSS calls for vigilance before the Eid celebrations more so that reports had indicated plans to attack worship and recreational centres before and during the festivities. This is evident in the recovery of primed IEDs among the suspected terrorists.

“Operators and patrons of public places including markets, malls, etc are advised to be watchful and report any suspicious movements and persons to the relevant security agencies. Accordingly, the Service will continue to partner with sister agencies for necessary proactive drills to frustrate criminals and their activities.”

During the combined operation, a gang leader named Kabir Bala was killed in a gunfight in Kogi.

The statement continued, “A joint security team comprising the DSS, Nigerian Army, and Police carried out operations in Nasarawa and Kogi States. On June 19, 2023, along the Abuja- Keffi Expressway in Keffi LGA of Nasarawa State, the team apprehended Abubakar Muhammad (aka Abu Direba), a suspected gunrunner. During the operation, the team seized the following insidious items: 486 rounds of 7.62 x39mm calibre ammunition;22 primed IEDs; N31,500 and One Volkswagen Golf vehicle with registration number- RBC202XA.

“Also, in another joint operation in the early hours of today, June 22, 2023, a team raided the hideout of Kabir Bala (aka Okwo), one-time jailbreaker and notorious gang leader in Ejule, Ofu LGA of Kogi State. Okwo and his gang members engaged the troops in a gun duel during which he was neutralised. Others, however, fled the area. Items recovered at the scene were one AK47 rifle with three fully loaded magazines, six locally fabricated weapons, two phones, and charms.”

When it comes to receiving former state governor Nyesom Wike, the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State has stated that it is willing to do so.

Chief Tony Okocha, a senior member of the APC and a former chief of staff at the Rivers State Government House, made this statement at a news conference in Port Harcourt.

This came as rumors surfaced that Wike could defect to the APC from the PDP.

Wike has the right to join any party, according to Okocha, the coordinator of the BAT-Vanguard, also known as the South-South Bola Ahmed Tinubu Vanguard, which was disbanded.

He noted that some people seek to reap where they did not plant and that the role Wike played in Tinubu becoming the current president of Nigeria cannot be overstated.

Okocha stated, “We are noticing that some persons who abandoned Tinubu when Tinubu needed them most and voyaged outside the shores are now relying on their personal relationships one way or the other to begin to make some sense of entitlement. 

“That they are entitled to whatever. In the leadership of the Tinubu family in Rivers State, we are at peace 100 per cent with His Excellency, Barr Nyesom Wike, the immediate past Governor of Rivers State as our leader.

“He who pays the Piper dictates the tune. When it was difficult, even when the national body could not oblige us with funds for the national rally here, the magic was done by somebody.”

Additionally, he exhorted the former governor of Rivers State to join the APC immediately in order to benefit from his efforts to elect Tinubu president.

“Our demand is that nobody should rob Peter to pay Paul. Our own share of the booty given to us should be handed over to His Excellency Nyesom Wike. 

“We are confident that as soon as it gets to him, he knows those who worked for Tinubu, and it will get to us. 

“It is only natural, that is how it should go, ” he added. 

In response, he said that the PDP’s Atiku Abunakar’s aide’s claim that Wike was not poisoned but rather had consumed too much alcohol was an act of disdain on the part of the party leadership.

According to him, “The leadership of the PDP in Nigeria does not appreciate the influence and pedigree embedded in Wike. 

“A man goes to thank God for surviving poisoning and somebody said it was not poison but as a result of excessive alcohol. 

“It does appear to us that the PDP does not know what they have in Wike. So we are asking and calling on Wike to come over to Macedonia and lead us.”

The United Kingdom has announced a series of new measures to support Ukraine’s recovery.

The announcement was made on Wednesday at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in London by the British Foreign Secretary.

A statement on Wednesday by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, British High Commission disclosed that the UK package of support includes funding for urgent repairs and early recovery, support for Ukraine’s energy sector, and programmes to bolster wider rebuilding efforts.

According to the statement, this further support followed the announcement of a major package by the Prime Minister earlier the same day.

The statement read: “The UK has today (Wednesday) announced a wide-ranging package of support for Ukraine’s recovery effort to bolster its resilience in the immediate term and enable the long-term reconstruction of Ukraine as a modern, stable, and resilient democracy.

“These measures follow the major package of financial support announced by the Prime Minister to bolster Ukraine’s economic stability as it continues to push back Russian forces.

“The announcements were made at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in London today. The event represents a coalition to rebuild Ukraine, bringing together a broad variety of businesses, governments, and civil society to unlock the potential of the private sector to support Ukraine’s immediate and longer-term recovery needs. As part of the conference, the UK is calling on the private sector to boost Ukraine’s recovery, and support both urgent recovery needs and to galvanize action for long-term reconstruction.”

It added that the UK support announced at the conference will help kick-start Ukraine’s road to recovery and help lay the foundations for private-sector investment. In the immediate term, this means repairing vital energy, transport and social infrastructure and rebuilding liberated towns and bomb-destroyed cities, to bolster Ukraine’s resilience for the months ahead.  

It lamented that: “Putin’s illegal war has caused untold destruction and devastation across Ukraine. The recent destruction of the Kakhovka dam has wide-reaching ecological and humanitarian consequences, which has dramatically worsened the situation. 

“As Russia’s illegal war rages on, Ukraine vitally needs support to not just win the peace, but to emerge as a stronger, more prosperous country, resilient to future threats.”

The statement added: “Following announcements made today, the UK’s non-military assistance to Ukraine now totals more than £4.7 billion.”

Speaking earlier, the UK Prime Minister announced a landmark package of financial support for the country, including $3 billion of additional guarantees to unlock World Bank lending, and £240 million of bilateral assistance.

The UK is also working with international partners to provide further new financial backing for Ukraine’s economy, with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) looking to raise between €3-5 billion of new capital from shareholders, backed by the UK. This has the potential to quadruple investment capacity in Ukraine.

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office | British High Commission: “As Ukraine enters a second year defending itself against Putin’s illegal invasion, it is vital the global community continues to show our strength of support for Ukraine’s recovery.  

“Through hosting this event, we are standing in solidarity with Ukraine and committing our support for them to emerge from the war not only victorious, but as a sustainable, modern, and resilient democracy.

“The commitments the UK has made today will bolster Ukraine’s current and future recovery needs.” Further UK support will cover a wide range of sectors essential to Ukraine’s current resilience and future prosperity.  

Vital support to Ukraine’s energy sector will not only keep the lights on in hospitals, schools, and homes, it will also help Ukraine’s longer-term energy infrastructure rebuild as a green and sustainable system, including A £45 million envelope of funding, part of the UK’s wider £62 million programme, to support Ukraine’s energy recovery over the next two years. Of this, £25 million is going to the International Finance Corporation’s Ukraine Economic Resilience Action platform, to bolster Ukraine’s energy security. £3 million will support a new technical assistance facility to speed up Ukraine’s energy sector reform and decarbonization.  

The statement said a memorandum of understanding was signed by UK Minister for Europe Leo Docherty and Ukrainian Minister for Energy German Galushchenko, committing UK support to Ukraine’s energy sector and helping to secure a green energy future. 

The statement further revealed that the UK, the Government of Ukraine, and members of the G7+ have agreed on a Clean Energy Partnership to coordinate international efforts to rebuild Ukraine’s energy system as a more modern, decentralized, and green energy system, fit for full European integration and a Net Zero future. 

It was also agreed that efforts to reconstruct and rebuild towns and infrastructure after Russian bombardments will receive UK support to help ensure the most urgent repairs are delivered, with A £26.3 million equivalent loan backed by UK Export Finance, allowing the Ukrainian government to start rebuilding six vital bridges damaged as a direct result of the illegal Russian invasion, reopening supply routes near the capital, Kyiv; £12 million to the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine to enable the Government of Ukraine and its communities to remain resilient in the face of Russia’s aggression, including support to identify and respond to immediate recovery priorities in newly liberated territories in the east, south and in Ukraine’s border areas. 

The statement said UK support will facilitate and enhance private sector investment in Ukraine, before the end of the conflict, including $25 million from the UK’s development finance institution, the British International Investment (BII), to support the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Global Trade Finance Program to help keep cross-border trade lines open. This follows the Prime Minister’s announcement on Wednesday that the UK is committing £250 million of new capital to BII. 

It was also revealed that Ukraine’s e-governance and fiscal capacity will be strengthened, including through improved transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption measures. This includes A further £15 million for a new anti-corruption e-governance project, being delivered with UK support, to build transparency and accountability into key public services in Ukraine; £2 million to the Government of Ukraine’s digital system for reconstruction management, the Digital Restoration Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM) platform which will increase the transparency of reconstruction projects. 

The statement recalled that HMRC recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding, to provide a further three years of peer-to-peer capacity-building support to Ukraine’s State Tax Service.

The Ukraine Recovery Conference continues in London today with a focus on the role the private sector and businesses can play in supporting Ukraine’s recovery.

A two-year-old boy has killed his pregnant mother and her unborn child in the US state of Ohio.
He shot the heavily pregnant mother in the back with a handgun left loaded in the house, according to local authorities.

31-year-old Laura Ilg had called 911 on the afternoon of June 16, Police Chief David Smith told local media on Tuesday.

“She explained she was 33 weeks pregnant and her two-year-old had accidentally just shot her in the back with a firearm,” Smith said to local ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland.

Police on Friday arrived quickly at the home in Norwalk, Ohio, and Ilg was rushed to the hospital, but her unborn baby could not be saved after an emergency c-section, Smith said.Ilg died from her injuries hours later, he added.

Early Saturday, the Norwalk Police Department said on its Facebook page that it offered “sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and all those affected by the tragic passing of the young mother and her unborn son.”

Ilg was conscious when police arrived and told officers that her son had somehow gotten into the usually locked bedroom while she was doing laundry and started playing with the gun, according to Smith.

He said police found a Sig Sauer Micro 9mm handgun on a nightstand as well as two other loaded firearms. Ilg’s husband, who was not at home at the time of the incident, said they belonged to him, according to media reports.

The accidental shooting is the latest in a long line of such incidents in the United States, a country of around 330 million people and some 400 million guns.

In March, a three-year-old girl accidentally killed her four-year-old sister with a handgun near Houston, Texas, despite the presence of five adults including their parents in their home.

About 40 percent of US households have guns, according to the Pew Research Center, with most of those also including children.

But less than half of the households with guns store them safely, according to Johns Hopkins University’s School of Public Health.

Police chief Smith said there had been some safety measures in place at Ilg’s home, but urged gun owners to take precautions.

“Trigger locks, gun safes, there are a million varieties, they’re not that expensive. At the very least, leave them (guns) unloaded,” he said.

The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) have approved a 114 percent increase in the salaries of elected politicians, including the President, vice president, governors, lawmakers as well as judicial and public office holders.

RMAFC is saddled with the responsibility of determining the remuneration appropriate for political officeholders including the President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy Governors, Ministers, Commissioners, Special Advisers, Legislators, and the holders of the offices as mentioned in Sections 84 and 124 of this Constitution.

The commission urged the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly to hasten efforts on amendment of relevant laws to give room for upward review of remuneration packages for political, judicial, and public officers.

According to reports, the RMAFC Chairman, Muhammadu Shehu, represented by a federal commissioner, Rakiya Tanko-Ayuba, made the call at the presentation of reports of the reviewed remuneration package to Kebbi State governor, Dr Nasir Idris, on Tuesday in Birnin Kebbi.

He said the implementation of the reviewed remuneration packages was effective from January 1, 2023, adding that the move was in accordance with the provision of paragraph 32(d) of part 1 of the Third Schedule of the 1999 constitution of the federal government (as amended).

He said the last remuneration review was conducted in 2007, noting that it culminated in the “certain political, public and judicial office holders (salaries and allowances, etc) (Amendment) Act, 2008”.

Shehu said, “It empowers the revenue mobilisation, allocation, and fiscal commission to determine the remuneration appropriate for political office holders, including the president, vice-president, governors, deputy governors, ministers, commissioners, special advisers, legislators, and the holders of the offices mentioned in sections 84 and 124 of the constitution of the federal government.

“Sixteen years after the last review, it is imperative that the remuneration packages for the categories of the office holders mentioned in relevant sections of the 1999 constitution (as amended) should be reviewed.

“Pursuant to the above, your excellency may please recall that on Wednesday, 1st February 2023, the commission held a one-day zonal public hearing on the review of the remuneration package simultaneously in all the six (6) geo-political zones of the country. The aim of the exercise was to harvest inputs/ideas from a broad spectrum of stakeholders.”

He said the commission had objectively and subjectively reviewed the salary packages in the reports, adding that it adheres to the rules of equity and fairness, risk and responsibilities, and national order of precedence among others.

“The subjective criteria reflected the various expression by stakeholders through memoranda received, opinions expressed during the zonal public hearings, and responses to questionnaires administered.

“The objectives of the criteria were obtained from analysis of macro-economic variables particularly the Consumer Price Index (CPI),” he noted.

The chairman added that the commission was also guided by some principles, including equity and fairness; risk and responsibilities; national order of precedence; motivation, and tenure of office.

Shehu said that having considered the impact of the review on the economy, the remuneration of the political, public, and judicial office holders in the country was adjusted “upward by 114%.”

The chairman explained that with respect to the judicial office holders, the commission considered the introduction of three new allowances.

He listed the allowances to include, “Professional Development Assistant: This is to allow for the provision of two law clerks to all judicial officers in the country.

“Long Service Allowance: This is to guarantee seniority/hierarchy between officers who have been on the bench for a minimum of five years and those that are appointed newly.

“Restricted or Forced Lifestyle: This is to take care of the nature of the lifestyle of judicial officers while in active service.”

In the past three years, the number of Nigerians traveling to the UK for education has increased five times, according to Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria.

In order to prevent overtaxing the nation’s housing infrastructure and to manage the influx of migrants, Montgomery said his government decided to prohibit overseas students from bringing family members with them to the UK starting in 2024.

“Many more students are trying to bring their dependents with them…but it’s not always possible to find the housing and services to meet all the needs of all our existing student population…we’ll have to manage our migration in and out of the UK,” Montgomery told State House correspondents on Wednesday on emerging from a closed-door meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting on Wednesday comes one month after the new British representative in Nigeria presented former President Muhammadu Buhari with his letter of credence on May 18.

International students, including Nigerians, won’t be allowed to bring family members to the UK starting in January 2024, the UK Home Office announced on May 23.

Additionally, it stated that until their studies are through, international students would not be permitted to move from a student visa to a work visa.

International students, educational institutions, and some British lawmakers have reacted differently to the decision. They claim that it will worsen labor shortages in crucial industries like health care and jeopardize the nation’s reputation as a top destination for foreign talent.

But in response to a question from our correspondent, the British High Commissioner gave reasons for the regulation, saying, “I think there are two issues here. The first is, it’s not always possible to find the housing and services to meet all the needs of all our existing student population.”

“And second, reasonable people would accept that we have to manage our visitor numbers and we’ll have to manage our migration in and out of the UK just as the Nigerian government would do.”

Montgomery revealed that “ the number of Nigerian students coming to the UK has increased fivefold in the last three years,” noting that “It is a fantastic success story for our universities and we are really delighted that so many Nigerians are coming to the UK.”

He, however, said, “That issue was not raised in the meeting (with the Vice President) just now. But I would like to put the media debate about it in a broader context.

“Last year (2022), for example, the UK granted three million new visas, of which 325,000 were to Nigerians.

“Nigerian visitors constitute over 10 per cent of the people coming to London and the UK.

“It’s a fantastic success story for our universities. And we are really delighted that so many Nigerians are coming to the UK.”

The Bola Tinubu administration’s present policy approach, which, according to the British envoy, is being warmly embraced by UK investors, was brought up in his conversations with the vice president, he said.

“We know that there are tough times that are going on at the moment, inflation and unemployment.

“The Vice President and I also touched on some of the measures that might be possible to cushion the blow of some of these economic pressures.

“But I think the big issue is that these reforms help put Nigeria on a higher growth path; they will attract more investments and the United Kingdom and the city of London see Nigeria as a big opportunity going forward.

“I will be doing my part to try to boost those, enhance trade and investment,” he noted.

Reputable organizations working on behalf of women’s rights expressed concern on Wednesday about terrorist, kidnapping, and bandit attacks on schools and other learning facilities in Nigeria, claiming that the government’s responses have been inadequate and subpar.

In order to assure complete compliance and the safety of children in schools across the nation, the organization consequently advised the Safe School Declaration’s implementation.

Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, the founder and executive director of WARDC, brought up the issue at a meeting with stakeholders on the successful implementation of safe school regulations in Nigeria that was organized in conjunction with the UN Democracy Fund.

Nigeria approved the Safe School Declaration in 2018 to address the issues associated with a lack of safety and security in classrooms.

The government announced and signed a N144.8 billion Safe Schools Financing Plan in the latter days of 2022, stating that it will be executed between 2023 and 2026.

The National Policy on Safety, Security, and Violence-Free Schools with its implementation guidelines, adopted in 2021, will be complemented by the plan, the government had previously stated.

The secure school proclamation, according to Akiyode-Afolabi, has not yet been fully implemented in the nation. She said that schools have frequently come under attack from non-state armed groups and are also vulnerable to being shot by the military forces in the course of dealing with security issues.

“This is despite the country’s signing of the Safe School Declaration, a legally binding law domesticating the SSD that will promote effective implementation, enforcement and accountability”, she stated.

Three issues that prevent the SSD from being fully implemented in Nigeria were noted by Akiyode-Afolabi.

She listed them as lacking a legislative framework to realize the SSD, a plan to implement the SSD, and a lack of stakeholder and public awareness, capacity, and network regarding the SSD.

The gender advocate said, “School security is beyond bombing and abduction of school children; some schools are built close to filing stations, some in remote areas difficult to access, while in some, their only form of security can be best described as a gateman, as he can do little or nothing at the time of crisis.

“Schools and learning facilities across the country have been severely under attack from non-state armed groups and are also susceptible to bulleting by the armed forces while responding to security issues.”

“The problem appears intractable due to the lack of adequate responses by the governments, despite the country’s signing of the Safe School Declaration, a legally binding law domesticating the SSD that will promote effective implementation, enforcement and accountability.”

“Over the years, public knowledge of the SSD is still near zero. The SSD is yet to be fully implemented, and schools do not comply with the standard protocols in line with the SSD.,” the WARDC director lamented.

The lack of an efficient and coordinated partnership between the government, CSOs, and other pertinent stakeholders on implementing the SSD programs, according to Akiyode-Afolabi, has been limited, with low budgetary allocations, leading to low demands for accountability from the government. She added that “there is no way we can have a secured school, if it is not appropriately financed.”

Abiola Sanusi, the federal lead for the Partnership for Learning for All in Nigerian Education, voiced dissatisfaction with the lack of information on attacks in schools, stating that this makes it very difficult to hold people accountable.

Sanusi said, “Some schools in Ondo were attacked recently and most people are not aware, so also some students in Niger states have been away from school and no one is asking questions.

”We need to begin to hold government accountable, as the insecurity has made many refuse to send their children to school. We need to safeguard our schools as they are catalysts to drive educational outcome and development.”

Jennifer Nwokedike, Senior Programs/Grant Officer at WARDC, stated that the organization’s effort would increase knowledge of the SSD among important stakeholders in order to mobilize their support for and participation in its implementation.

According to her, the initiative will also strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to demand the establishment of a legal framework to support the implementation of the SSD and to pressure the government to approve a state-level costed/financing implementation plan for the SSD.

According to state media, China has verified that 53 people were murdered in a coal mine collapse that occurred in the northern Inner Mongolia area in February.

A 180-meter-high (590-foot) slope at an open-pit mine in the isolated Alxa League came way, burying people and cars below, leaving dozens of people missing.

Six survivors and six dead were first discovered among the wreckage by rescuers, but officials withheld any additional information for months.

According to the provincial emergency agency, 47 people who were listed as missing following the event “had been confirmed to have no vital signs,” according to state television CCTV on Wednesday.

“The search and rescue work has now finished,” CCTV said, adding that “the large-scale collapse on February 22… killed 53 people”.

At the time, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued an order for officials to “do everything possible to search for and rescue the missing people… and protect the security of people’s lives and property as well as overall social stability” as an indication of the seriousness of the crisis.

According to local government announcements, authorities sent hundreds of employees and more than 100 pieces of equipment as part of the rescue operation.

The economy of the sparsely populated Alxa League is heavily dependent on mining and other extractive industries.

In recent years, both mine safety and media coverage of significant incidents—many of which were previously ignored—have improved in China.

However, accidents continue to happen often in a sector where safety standards are frequently inadequate, particularly at the most basic facilities.

Eleven Ibadan High Chiefs have been promoted to beaded crown obas with the approval of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde.

The Governor recently signed the Chieftaincy Amendment Bill into law, which sought to give him discretion to gift beaded crowns and coronets to chiefs in the state, following its adoption by the state House of Assembly.

The High Chiefs are Balogun of Ibadanland, Owolabi Olakulehin; Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Rasheed Ladoja; Otun Balogun, Tajudeen Ajibola; Osi Olubadan, Eddy Oyewole; Osi Balogun, Lateef Adebimpe; Ashipa Olubadan, Biodun Kola-Daisi; Ashipa Balogun, Kola Adegbola; Ekerin Olubadan, Hamidu Ajibade; Ekerin Balogun, Olubunmi Isioye; Ekarun Olubadan; Bayo Akande and Ekarun Balogun, Abiodun Azeez.

The governor has approved the promotion, according to a knowledgeable government source who spoke with our correspondent on Wednesday. The high chiefs will be formally installed as traditional rulers on Friday, July 7, 2023.

Further information revealed that the governor’s acceptance followed the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, Alli Okunmade II, who serves as the prescribed and consenting authority, recommending it.

The source said, “This elevation would have come earlier before now. Even before the administration of the late former governor, Abiola Ajimobi. Ajimobi had a good intention on this elevation but the approach was wrong. Why would you just wake up one day and do something of such nature in just three days or thereabouts.

 “You will be shocked when you see some Obas from other places who are not even up to High Chief in Ibadanland in a public place with a large entourage. But sometimes, our High Chiefs are regarded as mere chiefs. So, it’s a good decision and the governor has given his consent on that. They will be officially crowned on Friday, July 7, 2023 as stipulated in a letter sent to the governor by His Imperial Majesty, Oba Balogun.”

The residence and workplace of Abdulrasheed Bawa, the temporarily suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were searched by agents of the Department of State Services.

The secret police allegedly mismanaged, misappropriated, and diverted revenues of sold properties forfeited to the EFCC, according to information obtained by The PUNCH, and they also invited Bawa’s close allies in the EFCC for questioning during the same week.

Dr. Peter Afunanya, the DSS spokesperson, declined to comment on the situation on Wednesday when asked to do so.

Bawa, who is currently being held in the custody of the DSS “Yellow House,” Abuja, is being probed for alleged financial impropriety  as EFCC helmsman.

A trustworthy source with knowledge of the operation reported that Bawa’s office was also searched the same day by additional DSS agents who produced a search warrant.

“DSS operatives stormed the EFCC Headquarters in Jabi on Saturday to search the office of the suspended chairman. But they presented a search warrant. Another set of DSS operatives also searched Bawa’s home in Gwarinpa, and they met his wife and children in the house during the search.

“Bawa’s close associates at the office were also invited for questioning this week, and they’re being probed on allegations of mismanagement, misappropriation, and diversion of proceeds forfeited assets sold under Bawa’s watch,” the source said.

However, a government source who also requested anonymity claimed that because the investigation was still ongoing, the DSS had not yet brought charges against the troubled EFCC chairman.

“The DSS is yet to charge him to court because they’re still carrying out their investigation to get enough evidence to help their case.”