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Buhari IDirector-General, Department of State Services· 1 July 2015 — 7 August 2018

Lawal Musa Daura

Sacked by Acting President Osinbajo following the National Assembly invasion.

The record

Lawal Daura was dismissed by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on 7 August 2018, hours after masked DSS operatives invaded the National Assembly complex in an attempt to prevent the entry of certain legislators. The reasons given were 'unauthorised orders' and a 'gross violation of constitutional procedure'.

Sources

  • Office of the Acting President — Press release, 7 August 2018
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.