News of the death of the official driver to President Muhammadu Buhari, Master Warrant Officer Saidu Afaka was announced on Tuesday, April 6 by the Senior Special assistant to the President on media, Garba Shehu where he was reported to have died after a prolonged illness while receiving treatment at the State house clinic.
However the news has been falsified as a report by Sahara reporters allege that Mr. Saidu was tortured by the DSS operatives over a $30,000 deal.
Further reports also revealed that Afaka’s name was also changed while in DSS detention and a pseudo name was registered upon his arrest, to prevent the matter from leaking to the public and embarrassing the presidency.
Mr. Afaka was detained by the DSS and interrogated over a $30,000 deal involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Undisclosed informants revealed to newsmen that Afaka, who was arrested by the DSS for tricking his principal to sign a fraudulent document to make millions of naira, had been abandoned in a two-bedroom apartment at the Aso Drive DSS apartments and had fallen sick, even before the $30,000 deal came his way.
“It was because of his treatment that he fell for the temptation to do the deal. People had asked why Buhari abandoned him at Aso Rock Clinic while he selfishly ran to London to give himself first-class medical treatment.
“When the deal leaked and the DSS arrested him, they refused to collect his records and detained him under a false name to avoid the story from leaking,” a top source revealed.
The sources further revealed that when Afaka’s condition worsened during DSS torture, he was rushed again to the ill-equipped State House Clinic.
Explaining how the deal began, one of the sources had said, “The driver was approached to help to ask Buhari to approve payments for some Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation contracts. He was also arrested and detained by the DSS; he was fired shortly. A former ADC to Buhari reported to the DSS.
“Afaka was arrested with Buhari’s chief detail officer, Ya’u a Master Sergeant Warrant in the army. Since Afaka’s release four months ago, Afaka had been sick and attended to by Aso Rock clinic doctors. The clinic has no medical equipment despite huge allocations to it annually.
“Afaka lived and died in a two-bedroomed apartment at the Aso Drive DSS apartments. His co-workers are furious that despite his services Buhari refused to give him proper medical care he afforded himself.”
Sahara Reporters
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