Former spokesperson of the State Security Service (SSS) Ms. Marilyn Ogar has been booted out of service after being demoted in rank and removed from the position of information manager of the Service.
Also sacked via compulsory retirement along with Ogar are 14 other senior officials, including two directors of the Service also known as Directorate of State Security (DSS).
A signal from the leadership of the DSS, issued last night, confirmed the development, but did not reveal the identities of other officers affected by the exercise.
Ogar was promoted Deputy Director alongside 44 others shortly before the Presidential election early this year, but the new administration of Muhammadu Buharid reversed the promotions, citing irregularities and breach of extant rules guiding such actions.
Ogar was believed to have earned her promotion following commendation she received from former President Jonathan for doing “a fantastic job” as spokesperson of the DSS.
The erstwhile spokesperson was said to have been transferred outside the Abuja headquarters of the Service shortly after the change in government at the centre. [myad]
