There have been indications last night that the
Nasarawa State Director of the State Security
Service (SSS), Mr. Halilu Musa, has been relieved of
his duty post, the Leadership reports.
Details od the removal are still limited, but the
Leadership found out that Musa's removal might
not be unconnected with the brutal killings of 10
SSS operatives and about 90 policemen by the
Ombatse cult on May 9, 2013, in Alakyo Village
near the state capital, Lafia.
The leader of the cult group, Baba Alakyo, had
claimed in an interview that he did carry out the
killings, but that the operatives were killed by his
"god".
The SSS had recently organised a candlelight
procession in Abuja in honour of the 10 slain SSS
operatives during which the director-general of the
agency, Mr Ita Ekpeyong, said that the service had
forgiven the cult group.
Based on its source's informtion, the Leadership
further reports that the service was unable to come
to terms with the fact that Musa could allow the
security operatives to embark on such a dangerous
mission to Alakyo Village without adequate
surveillance and intelligence gathering. He was also
said to have released the operatives for the mission
without seeking all the necessary clearance from
the agency's top hierarchy.
The source added that the massacre of the
operatives could have been avoided had adequate
operational measures been taken to forestall any
such eventuality. It was further gathered that the
SSS was of the opinion that there was the need for
the service to put in place adequate back-up for the
operatives before the commencement of the
exercise so as to prevent any unforeseen situation
where the operatives would be exposed to avoidable
danger.
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