JUST IN: Inter agency security face off occurs in Asokoro

The simmering inter agency war between the anti-graft agency,
EFCC, on the one hand and the State Security Service, SSS, and the
National Intelligence Agency, NIA, burst into the open early
Tuesday morning when a combined team of EFCC officials and police
officers attempted to arrest the former heads of the two
agencies.

The EFCC officials tried to arrest the former head of the NIA,
Ayo Oke, and former head of the SSS, Ita Ekpeyong, from their homes
on Mamman Nasir Street in the Asokoro district of Abuja but were
resisted by armed security agents of the two agencies.

This has led to a continued stand off between armed security
officers from all the four agencies as at the time of this report
causing a traffic mayhem in the area and an uncertain security
outcome from the situation.

Details later….

The simmering inter agency war between the anti-graft agency,
EFCC, on the one hand and the State Security Service, SSS, and the
National Intelligence Agency, NIA, burst into the open early
Tuesday morning when a combined team of EFCC officials and police
officers attempted to arrest the former heads of the two
agencies.

The EFCC officials tried to arrest the former head of the NIA,
Ayo Oke, and former head of the SSS, Ita Ekpeyong, from their homes
on Mamman Nasir Street in the Asokoro district of Abuja but were
resisted by armed security agents of the two agencies.

This has led to a continued stand off between armed security
officers from all the four agencies as at the time of this report
causing a traffic mayhem in the area and an uncertain security
outcome from the situation.

Details later….