The spokesperson for the Department of State Security, Marilyn Ogar, has said that some politicians in Osun State offered operatives of the service N14m bribe to compromise the just concluded governorship election.
Ogar, who did not name the offending politicians, explained that the service rejected the bribe, which she said was offered to the DSS Director who supervised the August 9,2014 election.
She made the allegation at the National Information Centre, on Tuesday in Abuja, while responding to a question on why the All Progressives Congress was at loggerheads with the service.
She said, “I am saying to you that the director in charge of election duty as it pertains to DSS was asked to come and collect N4m for himself, and N10m for the hooded men.
“Because the money was declined, that is the offence the DSS has committed. People should stop using money to entice security forces; the Federal Government has the capability to take care of us, when the time comes, we will talk.
“We are well paid, I will say it categorically, our operations are well funded.”
The DSS Deputy Director explained that the service was given N200m by the government to provide security for the election.
According to her, before the DSS deployed its personnel and material for any operations, they are given money upfront, stressing that the agency’s personnel could not be induced with money.
She said, “The rejection of the money brought a lot of misunderstanding between political parties and the DSS and we hold our heads up.
“The APC has won the election in Osun, we thank God that there is no bomb blast anywhere, and there will not be because there was enough security.
“I want to tell you there is a big man occupying a very sensitive position in Osun, the man should thank his God that it is not the DSS who arrested him with huge sum of money that he is found with.’’
Ogar, who did not name the offending politicians, explained that the service rejected the bribe, which she said was offered to the DSS Director who supervised the August 9,2014 election.
She made the allegation at the National Information Centre, on Tuesday in Abuja, while responding to a question on why the All Progressives Congress was at loggerheads with the service.
She said, “I am saying to you that the director in charge of election duty as it pertains to DSS was asked to come and collect N4m for himself, and N10m for the hooded men.
“Because the money was declined, that is the offence the DSS has committed. People should stop using money to entice security forces; the Federal Government has the capability to take care of us, when the time comes, we will talk.
“We are well paid, I will say it categorically, our operations are well funded.”
The DSS Deputy Director explained that the service was given N200m by the government to provide security for the election.
According to her, before the DSS deployed its personnel and material for any operations, they are given money upfront, stressing that the agency’s personnel could not be induced with money.
She said, “The rejection of the money brought a lot of misunderstanding between political parties and the DSS and we hold our heads up.
“The APC has won the election in Osun, we thank God that there is no bomb blast anywhere, and there will not be because there was enough security.
“I want to tell you there is a big man occupying a very sensitive position in Osun, the man should thank his God that it is not the DSS who arrested him with huge sum of money that he is found with.’’
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