“Bichi recruited highest number of Cotonou “graduates”: Publisher Jafar Jafar alleges Nepotism, career sabotage under ex-DSS boss

Jafar Jafar, the publisher of the Daily Nigerian has accused the former Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, of” turning an otherwise elite, professionally-run service into a graveyard of career aspirations, an orchard of nepotism and an armed corps of 40 Blantyre Crescent.”

In a post on X, the journalist from northern Nigeria stressed that the dismissed DG lowered the recruitment bar, and removed the multi-layer screening process to recruit personnel who could not pass basic tests in private-owned security outlets not to talk of the apex secret security body in the country.

He added that while Bichi was overseeing the affairs of the secret service, he recruited the highest number of Cotonou “graduates” and extended the tenure of some retired directors in his good book for years, killing the ambitions of many active and promising directors.

Jafar said, “He allowed his wife to lord over the service, influencing recruitment, promotion and discipline. As a peasant socialite and novo riche, she always oppressed people with a superfluity of everything at the expense of public funds. She moved around in a long motorcade with dozens of Tavor-wielding personnel, harassing motorists. She was a stormy petrel who was majorly in the news for either assaulting her tailor for failing to meet a deadline or picking a fight with opposition politicians.

“His impudent, spoiled brat son shrugged off public criticism to gleefully display a fleet of luxury cars on social media. At the expense of public funds, he has a number SSS operatives giving him cover at football arena, nightclub and political campaign rallies.”

He charged the new DG to reset the body for optimum performance as he also campaigned for the review of cases of many Nigerians who are currently languishing in the DSS’ net.

“The new DG should review the cases of detainees, be professional in the discharge of his duty and keep his family away from meddling in the affairs of the service. The service does not only need a factory reset but flushing!”