The Department of State Service (DSS), has arrested the Kano State Chairman of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), General Idiris Dambazau over allegations of economic Sabotage.
Reports according to close sources to the Operatives said that the DSS accused Gen. Dambazau (retd) of unilateral closure of seven petroleum filling stations without following due process.
The source added that all efforts to make Gen. Dambazau open the filling stations fell on deaf ears.
This was despite the fact that he was allegedly undertaking an illegal assignment which was beyond the powers of his office.
The Security is said to have viewed Gen. Dambazau’s actions as a deliberate act of economic sabotage with the intention to create scarcity of the commodity in Kano where there was none.
A DSS source explained that section 48 of the Nigeria Constitution “clearly states that any government ministry, department or agency exercising any power or function or taking any action which may have direct impact on midstream or downstream petroleum operations shall consult with the authority.”
This according to the section was prior to issuing any regulations, guidelines, enforcement order or directives, which the source emphasized Gen. Dambazau disregarded.
The DSS explained further that even after consulting the relevant authority, “the authority shall review the recommendations of the government ministry, department or agency and communicate decisions accordingly before the decisions shall be complied with.”
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