BREAKING: Ex-DSS Director Labels El-Rufai’s Bugging Admission ‘Extremely Grave’ in Shocking Claim

A retired Director of the Department of State Services, Abdulrasaq Salami, has described as “extremely grave” the claim by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, that the phone of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, was tapped.

Salami said the alleged interception, if confirmed, constituted a serious breach of national security protocol and required immediate investigation.

Reacting to the development in an interview with Punch, Salami warned that the matter should not be trivialised as mere political controversy.

He said, “A confirmed admission that the NSA’s phone was tapped would be a grave breach of national security protocol and could trigger criminal probes and forensics across Nigeria’s intelligence architecture.

“This is not an ordinary political scandal. Intercepting the communications of the National Security Adviser, the country’s top security policy official potentially exposes operational plans, sources and methods.

“It undermines the confidentiality on which intelligence and crisis responses depend. If the admission is true, it amounts to a serious breach of national security protocols and requires criminal and administrative investigation.”

Salami outlined what he described as immediate steps that security agencies should take in response to the allegation.

“I will call for the immediate suspension of any accounts, credentials or devices believed compromised and order urgent forensics sweep of affected lines and devices.

“Convene an emergency, classified integrity review chaired by the NSA, including the SSS, NIA, DSS and the Attorney-General. Freeze any routine re-assignment of sensitive tasks until a preliminary damage assessment is complete,” he said.

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