The State Security Service (SSS) has said it is the rightful owner of the Ikoyi building where the EFCC Lagos headquarters is located and so can do whatever it wants with it.
The SSS said this in response to report on why its officials on Tuesday morning blocked EFCC officials from the Ikoyi building.
“It is not correct that the DSS barricaded Efcc from entering its office. No. It is not true,” SSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya wrote in a terse statement.
“The Service is only occupying its own facility where it is carrying out its official and statutory responsibility.”
As of 9:45 a.m., dozens of EFCC officials were still stranded in front of the office amidst the confusion caused by the actions of the SSS operatives.
Sources in both agencies said there has been an ongoing rivalry and loggerheads between both agencies over the ownership of the building.
