Operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, have stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Credible News reports that there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and the EFCC over the ownership of the building as the office was formerly used by DSS before it was handed over to the EFCC.
The DSS operatives stormed the office around 7:00 am on Tuesday, and refused to leave despite dialogue between operatives of both agencies.
An official of the EFCC who spoke on the condition of anonymity said: “But it’s been an administrative issue, and the matter is not in court and hasn’t caused any fracas before now. But we don’t understand why they have to block our office and deny our officials access when a new government just came in.”
But another DSS said : “The office used to be ours, and we have been fighting over it for years now, and the EFCC knows”, a DSS source said.
There were no official response from either agencies at press time.
