The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) office in Ikoyi, Lagos, must be promptly vacated, according to a directive from President Bola Tinubu to the Department of State Service (DSS).
The President’s order was stated in a statement that Tunde Rahman released on Tuesday.

According to the statement, “The President gave the directive when reports that DSS officials stormed the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday, preventing officials of the anti-graft agency from accessing their work place, was brought to his attention.

“The President said if there were issues between the two important agencies of government, they would be resolved amicably.”

Recall Propolitics had earlier reported that the DSS was stopping officers of the EFCC from obtaining entry to their office in Ikoyi, Lagos.

A source who asked to remain anonymous told Premium Times that DSS had barricaded the entire structure and had positioned an armored tank in front of it. The insider reportedly stated, “They even put an armored tank there just to scare us away.”

According to accounts, both entities have been at odds with one another on who is the rightful owner of the structure.

At the time of writing, SSS agents were preventing all of the EFCC employees at the office in Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, from entering the structure.