DSS Owed Me The Courtesy Of Informing Me Before Raiding My House Unlawfully, Says Ex-Sultan Dasuki

The father of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd), who is also a former Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, has expressed shock at the invasion of his residence in Sokoto by operatives of the Department of State Services last week, saying their action was unlawful.
The senior Dasuki, who was the Sultan of Sokoto until he was deposed by the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, stated this in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, on Monday.
The ex-monarch pointed out that at 94 years of age, he was surprised that his residence could be ransacked by security officials without being given the courtesy of being notified.
He explained that he had never been found wanting in all the places he had worked throughout his days as a youth.
Dasuki said, “I don’t know what they were looking for in my house. Even, I have not spoken with a member of my staff who they opened the house with. They entered into the ceiling of rooms belonging to women and no one said they found anything.
“They entered my portion of the house, there were two safes, they said they found an old Certificate of Occupancy of a house and that in one (of the safes), they found an empty envelop, that is what they said”.
Responding to a question over a container said to have been found within the compound by the security operatives, Dasuki said, “The container is on one side in the compound. Aliyu Dasuki (deceased) is my son, I am a younger brother to his father, and his wife is my daughter. When he died, his wife’s belongings mainly old furniture and mattresses are the things inside the container.
“They opened it. Like I told you before, even the member of my staff who was there, I have not been able to speak with him to know what exactly happened.
“All I have heard is hearsay and if he told me what happened, in the end, like I did before, I will leave everything to Allah”.
The nonagenarian also wondered why the security officials chose to invade his home in Sokoto when his son’s house is in Abuja.
“They did not go to Sambo Dasuki’s house, they went to my house. All my children have a right to my house. Sambo Dasuki is almost 60 years old, he is a man of his own. Can you hold a father responsible for the actions of his son?” he queried.
He, however, explained that he was not opposed to authorities questioning his son for his actions or inactions while in office.
He said, “He (Sambo) worked; they should ask him”.
The former sultan argued that even the constitution and the nation’s relevant laws stipulate that he should be informed before security officials entered his house.

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