Osun Election: DSS say they rejected N14m bribe

The Department of State Service (DSS) today disclosed that it was being hunted by political parties for rejecting the N14million bribe that was offered to its officials in Osun State, during the gubernatorial election that took place last Saturday.

The Spokesperson for the DSS, Marilyn Ogar, who stated this during the routine security briefing at the National Briefing Centre, in Abuja said the service could not be induced with money.

Ogar 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."

Maintaining that agency cannot be induced with money, Ogar said, "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."

According to her, 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 State, there was no bomb blast because there was enough security presence on ground. The security forces that assisted in the election in Edo State were the same ones that went to Ondo, Anambra, Ekiti and Osun."