Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday met with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) boss, Ibrahim Magu, and the new acting Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mattew Seifa.

The meeting comes hours after the acting president directed the termination of the appointment of the former DSS DG, Lawal Musa Daura, with immediate effect.

Subsequently, Daura was asked to hand over to the most senior officer of the agency until further notice.

DSS officials had stormed the premises in the early hours of Tuesday, barricading the entrance and preventing the lawmakers from entering.

Journalists were also barred from entering the complex with the DSS officials claiming that the blockage was an order “from above.”

The lawmakers alleged that the move by the security officials was an attempt to aid the impeachment of Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.

Meanwhile, Acting President Osinbajo has said that the blockade of the National Assembly today by operatives of the Department of State Services was unauthorised and condemned it as a gross violation of constitutional order, rule of law and all accepted notions of law and order.

He said that the unlawful act which was done without the knowledge of the Presidency was condemnable and completely unacceptable.

A statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity on Tuesday in Abuja, said Osinbajo assured Nigerians that anybody involved in the act would be punished.

“All persons within the law enforcement apparatus who participated in this travesty will be identified and subjected to appropriate disciplinary action,’’ the statement said.

The acting president had earlier sacked the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal Daura over the incident.

He has also been asked to hand over to the most senior person in the secret service.

Daura was appointed to head the agency on 2 July following the sacking of Ita Ekpeyong by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Sixty-four-year-old Daura had worked in the agency in the past and had retired.

•Sourced from NAN and Channels TV.

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