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

by  Ridwan Adeola 2 min read
  • 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

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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.

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As against some claims on social media, President Tinubu did not appoint Major Al-Mustapha as DG of DSS. Photo credits: Dr. Hamza Al-Mustapha, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Source: Facebook

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.

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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.

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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

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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a content creator with more than nine years of experience, He is also a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Mass Communication from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State (2014). Ridwan previously worked at Africa Check, contributing to fact-checking research works within the organisation. He is an active member of the Academic Excellence Initiative (AEI). In March 2024, Ridwan completed the full Google News Initiative Lab workshop and his effort was recognised with a Certificate of Completion. Email: ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.

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