Jonathan’s Chief Security Officer arrested by DSS

Gordon Obua, the Chief Security Officer to former President Goodluck Jonathan, has been arrested and detained by the Department of State Services.

Obua was reportedly arrested last Thursday and is being held at the DSS headquarters in Abuja.

His detention is believed to have been necessitated by the ongoing probe into officials under Jonathan’s administration.

Although the exact reason for Obua’s detention could not be immediately ascertained, investigators are expected to get from him, important information on key officials in Jonathan’s government.

Sources of Punch disclosed that the detention of Obua was a sign of things to come- that the government would not spared anyone found to have mismanaged or embezzled public funds.

“The arrest and detention of the former CSO is an indication that every former minister or senior official under Jonathan’s government are not exempted from probe except those that have no criminal suspicion or record of wrong doing in office.”

Meanwhile, a former Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Tsav, was quoted to have said that Obua might have breached a security regulation.

He said, “Security is the most important thing in a nation and if he (Obua) had breached a law, he could be arrested and detained. If his former boss (Jonathan), had immunity while in office, he doesn’t have immunity. So, he must have done something wrong for them to have arrested him, I think they (DSS) are in order.”