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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, stormed the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and prevented officials of the anti-graft agency from gaining access.
It was gathered that there has been an ongoing rivalry between the DSS and EFCC over the ownership of the building.
The DSS operatives reportedly stormed the office around 7am on Tuesday, and refused to leave despite dialogue between operatives of both agencies.
An official of the EFCC who spoke with newsmen on the condition of anonymity at the entrance of the office, said: “There’s been a running battle between us and the DSS over who owns the office because the office was used by them before the EFCC came on board and it was handed over to us.
“But it’s been an administrative issue, and the matter is not in court and hasn’t caused any fracas before now. But we don’t understand why they have to block our office and deny our officials access when a new government just came in.”