The Department of State Services (DSS) has replaced Adegboyega Fasasi as chief security officer (CSO) to President Bola Tinubu.
According to The Cable, the DSS has assigned Rasheed Lawal, a deputy director within the agency, as the president’s new CSO.
A source within the State House indicated that the request for this change reportedly came from Tosin Ajayi, the director-general (DG) of the DSS, who sought President Tinubu’s approval for Fasasi’s temporary reassignment.
The source further explained that the replacement allows Fasasi, who has served with Tinubu since the president’s inauguration, to attend a professional course.
“I heard he has been replaced with another officer because he is being sent on a professional training course,” the source said.
“At least there is 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 added, “Whenever a new DG comes to office at the DSS, he is most likely to embark on reorganisation in various areas of the service, especially around the president.”
“The new DG will always prefer to have his own trusted men on critical beats, with the presidency and the office of the CSO being number one on that list.”
As of now, neither the presidency nor the DSS has issued an official statement confirming the change.
