Senate President David Mark is also implicated in the sordid affair.
Impeccable
sources close to the SSS told News Express that during the last recruitment
exercise embarked upon by the Service “David Mark alone sent in over 40 names
of his kinsmen in clear and flagrant violation of the Federal Character
principle.”
The
sources alleged that “there were supposed to have been 155 cadets but federal
character violators like the senate president increased the number to well
above 300.”
The
cadets are undergoing training at Ojo Barracks in Lagos, South-West Nigeria.
The training, which began their around July last year, is scheduled to last for
a year.
The
manner in which the cadets were selected reflects the new but illegal practice
of top Nigerian government officials sharing vacancies among themselves while
more qualified candidates who have no godfathers roam the streets in search of
non-existent jobs.
“Why
is Mallam Abba Moro, the Minister of Interior, not screaming Federal Character
violation?” asked a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “He sacked
erstwhile Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mrs. Rose Uzoma, over a similar
offence while he has remained mute over the scandal at the SSS, a department
which his ministry also supervises,” the source observed.
Contacted
by News Express, Marylin Ogar, Assistant Director, Public Relations, at the
SSS, said: “I cannot respond to security issues over the phone. You have to
come to our office and fill a form. You have to sit in front of me and ask your
questions so that I’ll be sure I am talking to a journalist.”
Informed
that News Express had earlier sent her a mail and requested her response
through the same channel, Ogar cut the line after saying: “I cannot do that!
Good day and God bless you.”
Contacted
by News Express, Kola Ologbondiyan, Special Adviser on Media to Mark, replied:
“Kindly scan the list and forward to me so that I confirm the letterhead and
signature. Tanx.”
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