The former Chief Security Officer to Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Godwin Obua is set to challenge his dismissal by the state security service.
This was contained in a statement from his lawyer obtained by General Gossips.
Speaking through his lawyer, Andrew Itsekiri, Mr. Obua said he would challenge the decision of the SSS in court, as the service failed to establish anything incriminating against him when he was detained and quizzed over alleged corruption.
General Gossips also gathered that others dismissed officers are towing similar line.
The affected officers are alleging that their retirement or dismissal were borne out of malice than on-going re-organisation in the Service.
One affected officer who crave anonymity said he was neither queried nor invited for questioning before his compulsory retirement.
“I have five years to retire. But suddenly I was sent on compulsory retirement without ever being queried or investigated for any wrongdoing,” he said.
Another officer who spoke also faulted the service’s decision to sack him without violating either the service code or being invited for questioning over any wrong-doing.
He argued that there was ulterior motive behind the mass retirement as it was targeted at “some specific staff”.
He accused the new Director General, Lawal Daura, of being on a revenge mission, saying Mr. Daura was targeting personnel he bore malice against before his (Daura’s) recall from retirement. “We will challenge this injustice in court,” he vowed.
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