Fasasi, who
has served as CSO since President Tinubu took office, was reportedly withdrawn
to undergo professional training. While specific details of the development
remain scarce, it was learned that the Director-General of the DSS, Tosin
Ajayi, had requested approval from President Tinubu for Fasasi’s release so he
could proceed with a strategic training course.
According to a source familiar with the
situation, Fasasi's replacement is not unusual and should have been anticipated
as part of routine reshuffling within the DSS. The source explained that it is
common for new DSS Directors-General to reorganize key positions, particularly
those close to the President
“Yes, I heard he has been replaced with
another officer because he is being sent on a professional training course. At
least there’s a reason for his removal and you can’t really premise that on any
particular scandal, though you can’t entirely rule out that there might have
been a misgiving somewhere, it happens," the source told The Nation on Sunday evening.
The source further explained, “The angle I want us to actually look at it from
is the fact that such exercise as this ‘change of guards’ usually happens when
the DSS gets a new DG. You know they deal strictly with intelligence and
operate in secrecy, the new DG will always prefer to have his own trusted men
on critical beats, the Presidency and the office of the CSO to the President
being number one on that list."
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