The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Daura, has endorsed the return of the correspondent of The Punch newspapers, Olalekan Adetayo, to the Aso Presidential Villa.
Adetayo had earlier been expelled from the nation’s seat of power by the Chief Security Officer (CSO),to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Abubakar, himself a deputy director of DSS.
In a memo to the Chairman of the Correspondents Chapel in the Villa by the Senior Special Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said that Lawal Daura had asked that Adetayo be allowed back to his beat.
“We just got a clearance from Malam Lawal Daura, the DG SSS, to recall Lekan to the Villa.
“Please come along with him tomorrow.
“The Special Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, and I will resolve the issues.
“Please advice the Correspondents and the rest of your members to handle this with maturity.
“It will not help anyone to start daring the security. Lekan should be assured that he is safe.
“We will straighten out everything.” [myad]
