Buhari fires CSO over supremacy battle with ADC

President Buhari has fired his Chief Security Officer, Mr. Abdulrahman Mani, for engaging in a supremacy battle with the Aide-de-Camp to the President, Lt.-Col. Lawal Abubakar.

 Abubakar overruled the ADC on the removal of the DSS from the personal security of the President citing several extant provisions of the Law that makes It the statutory responsibility of the SSS to take charge of the personal security of the President rather than the army or any security agency.

Buhari is not happy that the Chief Security Officer had to take the matter to the press to explain why the DSS had the primary responsibility. 

Also the Administrative Officer in the Presidential Villa, Widi Liman who was earlier appointed by Buhari was said to have been redeployed to the Oyo State Command of the service.

It was further learnt that the new DSS boss had also ordered the reversal of some promotions carried out in the service during the last days of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.