Former NSA Sambo Dasuki Remains under “House Arrest” As SSS Team Raids His Home And Impounds His Vehicle

The siege on the home of Nigeria’s former

National Security Adviser, Col.

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK

The  siege on the home of Nigeria’s former

National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo

Dasuki (rtd) by a team of the Department

of State Security Services continued this

morning.

Former NSA Sambo Dasuki

The DSS team surrounded Sambo’s house

around 6:00 pm yesterday some 24 hours after

he was fired by President Muhammad Buhari.

Overnight his entire home was searched, and his

vehicle removed by the team. Mr. Sambo remain

at home in Abuja asked to remain indoors until

further notice, a source told SaharaReporters.

The former National Adviser to ex-President

Goodluck Jonathan has not been charged with a

crime and the DSS has not publicly disclosed the

reason for the siege on his home.

A source close to the former NSA told

Saharareporters that he is shocked by the

sudden cordon and search of his home

considering that he enjoyed a cordial relationship

with the new president before he was relieved

from his position midweek.

In January, Mr. Dasuki nearly plunged Nigeria

into a serious political crisis when he announced

during a lecture at Chattam House in London

that elections would not hold due to Boko Haram

insurgency. The elections were subsequently

posptponed under circumstances that tend to

favor then incumbent President Goodluck

Jonathan. Also last year, Mr. Sambo was linked

to a cash-for-arms scandal in South Africa as

operatives from office took at least $15 million

cash hauled in a private jet to purchase attack

helicopters in South Africa, the money was

subsequently impounded by the South African

authorities.