In attendance at the hearing were the Director General, Department of State Services, Mr. Lawal Daura; Acting Chairman, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu; and Acting Director General, NIA, Mr. Mohammed Dauda. Daura, Magu and Dauda, who were at the venue long before members of the committee arrived and sat far apart, did greet each other. Chairman of the committee, Senator Francis Alimikhena, after his opening remarks at the hearing on EFCC/DSS clash, asked if any of the heads of the agencies in attendance had any observations or questions. The NIA and EFCC bosses said they had none but the DSS boss asked that the hearing be conducted in camera. But officials of the intelligence agency guarding the building had prevented EFCC operatives from gaining entry into the premises.

Source: Punch December 14, 2017 16:52 UTC