Men of the Department of the State Service have
uncovered arms and ammunition from the Akwa
Ibom State Government House in Uyo.
The discovery, which was made during a surprise
raid was jointly carried out by men from the SSS
headquarters in Abuja and Akwa-Ibom State
command.
After ransacking the entire residence of the
governor, which is yet to be occupied by the
serving Governor, Udom Emmanuel, the security
men moved to guest houses and the presidential
lodge, said to be currently in use by the
immediate past Governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio.
Security sources said that the arms were found
in one of the guest houses while searching for
documents and Improvised Explosive Devices.
Meanwhile, Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele
Fayose, has condemned the invasion of the
Akwa Ibom Government House by the armed
men of Department of State Services.
Governor Fayose said the manner the security
men ransacked, intimidated and harassed the
occupants, claiming they were searching for
bomb and documents, was strange and anti-
democracy.
Governor Fayose, who addressed journalists in
Ado-Ekiti through his Special Assistant on Public
Communications and New Media, Mr. Lere
Olayinka, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to
call the Director-General of the Department of
State Service, Alhaji Lawal Daura to order or
sack him if he was uncontrollable.
The governor, however, accused the security
agency of acting a sinister motive to run down
PDP-controlled states in the South-South and
South-East, instead of going after INEC
suspected to have been involved in graft.
