Stockpiles Of Dollars Were Found, Not Arms In Akwa Ibom Govt. House — Official Says

A top official of the State Security Service in links with the raid of the Akwa Ibom Government House has told PREMIUM TIMES no weapon or ammunition of any sort was found in the building, however the SSS came across on large stockpiles of U.S dollars.

The State Security Service raided the Government House in a coalition operation carried out by operatives from the agency’s headquarters in Abuja and a detachment from the Akwa Ibom State Command of the Service.

Although, some source from the agency stated that they found weapons and ammunition in one of the rooms in the complex. Consequently, another top official of the Service said Friday night the claim by his colleagues was an exaggeration. He requested not to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter.

“Our men went there expecting weaponry but we didn’t find arms,” he said. “Instead, we stumbled on a room filled with stockpiles of dollars.”

The official said the SSS team however left the dollars untouched for fear of the “political backlash that might result if we evacuate it. They had no instruction to evacuate it”.

One of our sources had earlier said the operatives initially wanted to evacuate the dollar notes but received instructions from their superiors in Abuja to let the notes be.