DSS SACKS MARILYN OGAR'S SISTER AND OTHER CADETS.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has sacked
another set of officers.
This time, those affected are in the cadet category.
Sixty-five of them, including a lady identified as a
sibling of former spokesperson, Mrs. Marilyn Ogar,
were dismissed while undergoing training at the State
Services Academy (SSA) in Lagos.
They belonged to the Cadet Officers Basic Course 28 of
2014 codenamed COBC28/2014, a report by Daily
Independent indicated.
The 65 officers had been in the academy since
December 2014 for a 10-month training programme
and were among a total of 420 trainees.
The report said the officers had gone through the three
categories of their training were due for commissioning
into the service as Senior Intelligence Officers (SIO) on
October 26, 2015.
The letter of dismissal dated 4th September, 2015, was
signed by GK Mohammed on behalf of the Director-
General of the State Services, Lawal Musa Daura.
“I am directed to inform you that the Director General,
State Services (DGSS) has approved the termination of
your appointment from Service with immediate effect,”
it said.
“You are, however, required to hand over all
Government property in your possession, including your
Study Guide/Note Books to the Director of Studies,
State Services Academy (SSA), Lagos, and obtain
appropriate clearance before your final exit, please.”
But the affected officers had undergone the mandatory
three months attachment at the DSS state commands
nationwide as well as the essential foreign intelligence
programme, which took them to various countries
where they were exposed to handling of high calibre
weapons, detonation of bombs and all sorts of
Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).
In fact, some of the trainees returned in August from
their foreign intelligence training in Israel, where they
undertook special skill and intelligence gathering
courses in counter-terrorism and insurgency.
Lamenting their fate, one of the trainees wondered the
wisdom in sacking persons already exposed to several
intelligence operations, including handling of offensive
weapons.
He said that having gone through such rigorous
training, government should have sent them to other
security agencies in need of skilled manpower.
Another trainee said it was regrettable that all the
knowledge and skills acquired in the academy may be
useless, adding that government had wasted their time
and efforts.
The dismissed personnel, however, disclosed that they
would take their cases to the National Assembly.