All has not been heard of the just concluded governorship election in Osun State, as the Department of State Service (DSS),Tuesday, alleged that its men were bribed with N14million by a highly placed Osun State official an offer they rejected.
Though Spokesperson for the Department of State Services (DSS), Marilyn Ogar, who stated this during the routine security briefing at the National Briefing Centre, in Abuja did not mention the politician who offered the bribe, she said: “The director that was in charge of election duty for the DSS was asked to come and collect N4Million for himself and N10million for the men, because the money was declined, that is the offence that the DSS has committed.
“The rejection of the money is bringing up a lot of misunderstanding between political parties and the DSS, it is unfortunate. I want to tell you, there is a big man occupying a very sensitive position in Osun State, the man should thank his God that it is not the DSS that arrested him with the huge sum of money he was found with.
“We are well paid, I will say it categorically, our operations are well funded, N14 million as against N200m that was spent, which one will you go for. People should stop using money to entice security forces. The federal government and the people of Nigeria who have engaged us have the capability of taking care of us.”
She said if security forces were not fully on ground during the period of the election, the story about Osun State would have changed while reiterating that political parties should as much as possible leave security forces out of politics.
“We thank God that APC worn the election in Osun