Gen.Buhari Rejects Moves By DSS To Replace His CSO.

Barely four weeks to inauguration date, President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari has rejected moves by the Department of State Services (DSS), to replace his Chief Security Officer (CSO) with a new officer.

According to a  source close to the DSS as soon as General Buhari emerged as President-elect, the Service hurriedly moved to replace his CSO, but met a brick wall as the President-elect vehemently rejected the offer which he viewed with suspicion and insisted that he would prefer to retain and continue with CSO AbdulRahman Mani as against having a new officer to be posted to him.

The Director-General of the DSS was believed to have gone to General Buhari to explain to him that based on his new position as President-elect, he was deserving of an officer with a higher rank to that of Mani.
But General Buhari, a former Head of State and a military General, who understands the workings of the system, said there was nothing wrong in promoting Mani to the next rank to enable him qualify for a job he is already used to doing.

Accordingly and in line with the request of the President-elect, the Director-General of the DSS left and returned the following day with a letter approving the appointment of Mani as the substantive CSO to General Buhari.