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PenCom office under DSS surveillance

NIYI ODEBODE, OLUSOLA FABIYI and IFEANYI ONUBA The office of the National Pension Commission came under surveillance of the Department of State Services in Abuja on Friday. Our correspondent gathered that the secret police stormed the office, following an allegation that its former Director General, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu- Amazu, refused to hand over to her […]

NIYI ODEBODE,

OLUSOLA FABIYI

and IFEANYI ONUBA

The office of the National Pension Commission came under surveillance of the Department of State Services in Abuja on Friday.

Our correspondent gathered that the secret police stormed the office, following an allegation that its former Director General, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu- Amazu, refused to hand over to her successor.

Anohu-Amazu, who was fired by President Muhammadu Buhari last week, was alleged to have been giving out instructions to the workers as of Friday.

SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the DSS operatives were unable to locate her whereabouts, but it was also learnt that they had asked her to report at the DSS office in Abuja on Monday.

There had been unconfirmed reports that the dismissed DG claimed that she had yet to be informed of her sacking and that this was why she was still coming to work.

An official of the DSS, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “We will expect her to come to our office on Monday and inform us why she had refused to vacate office despite her sacking.”

Why Anohu-Amazu has not handed over to new Pencom DG

Meanwhile, Anohu-Amazu will on Monday formally hand over the affairs of the commission to the newly appointed DG of PenCom, a top official in the commission told one of our correspondents on Saturday on condition of anonymity.

The source said while the Anohu-Amazu had learnt of her sacking as PenCom DG in the media, she didn’t receive any letter to that effect until 5:45pm on Friday.

The source said upon getting the letter on Friday evening, the sacked PenCom DG informed some of the commissioners in the agency of her desire to hand over but was advised to do so on Monday morning.

The source said, “Anohu-Amazu knew of her sacking as PenCom DG in the media on Wednesday but a copy of her letter of termination of appointment was not received until late on Friday.

“It was at about 5:45pm that she got a copy of her letter of termination of appointment as PenCom DG.

“When the letter came, she informed some commissioners about the development and the need to quickly hand over but she was advised that it was late and she could do it properly on Monday.

“So, by Monday, she will properly hand over. It is not true that she didn’t want to hand over.

“She was appointed through a letter and it is only fair for her to also see a letter terminating her appointment before she can properly hand over.

“How could she have handed over when she had not received any letter terminating her appointment?”

We didn’t raid PenCom — DSS

But a top official, on Saturday, denied raiding the PenCom office, adding that it only prevented tampering with documents

It stated, “We did not conduct any raid on PENCOM office. What we did was to put a standby team at the office to prevent anybody from tampering with or altering any document unlawfully or without due process.

“We had intelligence that some documents were being tampered with, some documents were being signed and backdated at the PenCom office, following the announcement of a new management of the commission.

“We are only being pro-active by ordering all officials there to stop forthwith any action on official documents pending when the new management will assume duty. “

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Source:Punch Newspapers

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