New SSS Boss Orders Demotion Of 100 Officers Promoted by Ita Ekpenyong

The Department of State Security Service (DSS) new Director-General, Lawal Daura, has ordered the reversal of promotion of over one hundred personnel of the DSS carried out by his predecessor, Ekpeyong Ita, and approved by Ex President Jonathan's administration.

Also, a  Deputy Director and spokesperson of the department, Mrs. Marylin Ogar, has been re-deployed to Maiduguri, to serve in the DSS
component of the Military Command and Control Centre.
The officers according to Vanguard had suffered stagnation for years and promoted by Ita are mostly those who put their lives on the line for the nation and were engaged in deadly  operations.

“Among them were those that took part in joint operations with the military and police personnel in Operation Zaman Lafiya (war against Boko Haram), those who were engaged in special security operations in the Presidential Villa and other special duties in several trouble spots in the country”, a source said.

Vanguard learnt  that  the new DG has directed that, henceforth, only officers who attended promotion examinations would  be elevated.
The source  added:

“But we were on joint operations duty and, at a point, they banned officers from moving out of operational areas to read and carry out promotion examinations. So who is to blame? We can still go for post promotion training if the DG insists and that would be a better option than this demotion.”