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The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised an alarm of plots by some unnamed politicians to smear Yusuf Bichi, its Director-General.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the DSS also raised the alarm that some of its key officials are not left out in the smear campaign plots by the unnamed politicians.
This is following reports that Aisha Bichi, wife of the DSS DG reportedly ordered the arrest of Abba Yusuf, the Kano State Governorship candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).
It was reported that Bichi and Yusuf had a confrontation at the gate of the VIP lounge of Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday night.
It was also reported that the convoy of Abba Yusuf caused traffic congestion preventing Bichi’s convoy from gaining access to the VIP lounge.
In a move to clear the ensuing traffic gridlock, there was an altercation between DSS operatives and the aides of the governorship candidate, which led to an exchange of angry words between Yusuf and Bichi.
The publication reported that shortly after Bichi threatened to ensure that Yusuf did not board his flight, Yusuf was barred from boarding an Air Peace flight heading for Abuja before he was arrested.
According to a source; “The DSS DG’s wife actually ordered the arrest of the Kano governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Abba Yusuf, and barred him from boarding an Air Peace flight from Kano to Abuja on the fateful Sunday night.
“The trouble started at the gate of the VIP lounge of the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano when the motorcade of the politician caused traffic which delayed Bichi’s convoy from gaining entry into the controlled area.
“The action really angered Bichi as her security guards started beating up people and hitting vehicles for blocking the VIP gate.”
However, all efforts to contact the spokesman for the NNPP candidate, Sanusi Dawakintofa, were not successful as his line was switched off.
The DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, confirmed Yusuf’s arrest. He added that he was arrested for a suspected breach of security and kept in custody.
“He is in custody. He was validly taken in for a suspected breach of security,” Afunanya noted.
Another source told Daily Trust that the DSS DG’s wife allegedly ordered the assault of one of Yusuf’s aides, who was filming the incident.
The source said; “The situation escalated after she told Yusuf that they will not board the same flight as earlier scheduled, and she spotted one of his aides, Garba Kilo, filming.
“They beat him (Kilo) up badly, and this is what probably made Yusuf insist that he will board the same flight with her as scheduled, which angered her more, and she ordered his arrest.”