The Department of State Services (DSS) has accused an unnamed anti-graft agency of shielding a former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku, from prosecution.
The DSS, who has declared Kuku wanted for allegedly sponsoring Niger Delta militants, however, said the agency claimed to be probing Kuku but was, in fact, protecting him. It did not name the agency shielding Mr. Kuku.
However, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had been probing the former presidential aide for sometimes.
The DSS said, “It is sad to note that, in the course of our investigation, we discovered that an agency, which is also saddled with an investigative authority, is rather creating a platform for criminal fugitives.
“We discovered, in particular, a fugitive, who is widely known to have looted our commonwealth, still has the audacity to use the machinery of that particular agency to harass and hound adversaries who are aware of his loot and heinous crimes.
“From our findings, we discovered that the agency in reference is now in criminal connivance with fugitive Kingsley Kuku, a former Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on the Federal Government Amnesty Programme on the Niger Delta.
“Sadly enough, the agency in question, which claims to be investigating the fraud, is ironically directly and brazenly facilitating the concealment of the looted several billions of naira belonging to the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme.”
The Punch reports that the DSS claimed the unnamed agency recently raided the house of a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chibudom Nwuche, on the instruction of Kuku.
The spokesperson for Kuku, Mr. Yemi Akintomide, However, denied the allegations, saying they made no sense.