ABUJA — Former Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Lawal Daura, has blamed the failings of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on people around him whom he described as sycophants who betrayed the confidence reposed in them.
Daura, who is the vice-presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, aired Monday.
He also dismissed claims that Buhari’s administration was the worst in Nigeria’s history, urging critics to assess the country’s political history between 1995 and 2023 before reaching such a conclusion.
“Yes, they can say it, but I also want them, the real students of history, to go back from 1995 to 2023, when he exited, and find out which were the worst years. I wasn’t part of the government then,” Daura said.
The former DSS chief said his position required him to remain close to Buhari and protect the administration, adding that he remained committed to the former president throughout his tenure as intelligence chief.
