President Bola Tinubu Appointed Abacha’s CSO as DSS DG? Fact Emerges

• Claims have appeared on Facebook and TikTok that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu changed the leadership of the Department of State Services (DSS)
• The DSS is a security agency in Nigeria and one of three successor organisations to the National Security Organization (NSO)
• While some social media users said President Tinubu has appointed Hamza Al-Mustapha, a popular intelligence officer, as the new DSS DG, the claim is not true

FCT, Abuja – A claim that Dr. Hamza Al-Mustapha has been named the new director-general (DG) of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been sighted online.

Al-Mustapha is a Nigerian Army Major and the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) during the 2023 general elections. The 62-year-old was famous as the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the former Head of State of Nigeria, the late General Sani Abacha.

Read also

Breaking: Tinubu’s ministerial nominees set to be unveiled as National Assembly receives letter

Fact check: Did President Bola Tinubu appoint Al-Mustapha as DG DSS?

The claim of the appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu circulating across social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook surfaced on Friday, June 23, 2023.

On Monday, July 10, one Grace Idom wrote on Facebook:

“Bola Ahmed Tinibu Appoint Major Dr. Hamza Al’mustapha As Director General DSS.

“The Jagaban is ready to take Nigerian to promise land. On your mandate we shall stand.”

Atiku Dakur and Ahmad Muhammad Usman repeated same claim on the same platform.

However, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) has carried out a fact-check where it ruled the claim as false.

It is understood that Yusuf Bichi remains the DG of the Nigerian secret police.

Read also

EFCC to probe ousted Abdullahi Adamu over N80bn party funds? New APC national chairman speaks

Also, there is no credible media organisation that published the claim at the time of publishing this report.

Therefore, ICIR submitted that the claim that President Bola Tinubu appointed Hamza Al-Mustapha as the DG of DSS is untrue.

“Tinubu needs a lot of help”: Former presidential candidate, Tope Fasua, reveals why

In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that Tope Fasua, the presidential candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) in the 2019 election, said President Tinubu “needs a lot of help from those of us who support him”.

Speaking in an interview with Legit.ng on Tuesday, July 18, Fasua said President Tinubu needs help because the task of being a president is huge.

Source: Legit.ng