Show of Shame as Govt, Security Officials Turn Govt House to Boxing Arena

Rather too frequently, there had been exchange of angry words between
top political appointees, between security agents and politicians, with
press men sometimes getting involved in the ensuing fracas in the course
of their normal routine assignments. Also not rare are burst ups
between security agents.

The latest and most embarrassing was the sad incident which happened
late Tuesday evening when no fewer than five Department State Services,
DSS, personnel descended heavily on the Chief Press Secretary, CPS, to
the State Governor, Dr. Ibraheem Dooba, beating him to stupor within the
premises of the Government House.

The CPS was said to have gone to the office of the Deputy Governor with
some visitors for an official engagement but was prevented from gaining
entry into the office by some DSS officers attached to the Deputy
Governor’s  office.

Despite explanations by the governor’s spokesman that the Deputy
Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Ketso, sent for him through the protocol
officer from his office, the security officers bluntly refused him entry
into the office and this led to a hot argument.

Dr. Dooba was said to have introduced himself to an DSS official by saying:

“I am the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and I am here to see the Deputy Governor officially and on his invitation.”

The DSS official was said to have replied thus:

 “Should I stand up and be dancing because you want to see the Deputy Governor?”

This infuriated the Chief Press Secretary and he was said to have
slapped the securityman and left straight for his office without seeing
the Deputy Governor.

The DSS man was said to have later mobilized his colleagues and stormed
the Office of the CPS. They lied to the CPS that the Chief Security
Officer, CSO, to Government House, Ibrahim Gambari, wanted to see him
for settlement and he obliged.

But on their way to the CSO’s office, five of the DSS officers were said
to have descended heavily on the CPS, kicking and hitting him all over;
they tore his clothes which bore blood stains from the injuries they
inflicted on him.

They insisted that he must be dragged to their state office to face
other punishments, but other Government House staff quickly intervened
to save the situation from degenerating into full blown chaos.

The situation also attracted the attention of the ADC to the state
Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, in person of   Isah Murtala Raji,
who arrived the scene and prevented the irate DSS officers from taking
the CPS to their office.

Similar scenario

The CPS was immediately immediately taken   out of the Government House
for medical check-up and did not report back to office again for the
day.

Vanguard Metro reliably gathered that few hours to the sad event, a
similar scenario also unfolded at the main gate of the Government House
where another DSS operative had slapped a female police officer on duty.

There was said to have been a hot argument between the DSS officer and
the police woman, both on duty, over who between them was duly
authorised to allow visitors into the Government House.

The police woman who had been on the post for years was said to have
explained to the DSS man on the need to pass one of the visitors in
based on the fact that he was not a visitor but a staff. This, however,
did not go down well with the male security officer who felt the police
woman was trespassing and trying to control him.

The issue degenerated into a hot argument between the duo. The quick
intervention of other security personnel on duty saved the situation
from getting out of hand.