SSS Uncovers Stockpiles of Dollars in Akwa Ibom Govt House

A top official of the State Security Service familiar with the SSS
raid of the Akwa Ibom Government House has told Premium Times
that the Service stumbled on "shocking stockpiles of U.S. dollars".
The State Security Service (SSS) had on Thursday raided the
Hilltop Mansion in a joint operation carried out by operatives from
the agency's headquarters in Abuja and a detachment from the
Akwa Ibom State Command of the Service.
"Our men went there expecting weaponry but we didn't find
arms. Instead, we stumbled on a room filled with stockpiles
of dollars."
Some operatives had earlier said they found arms and ammunition in
one of the rooms in the complex.
But another top official of the Service said the claim was an
exaggeration. He requested not to be named as he was not
authorised to speak on the matter.
The official said the SSS team however left the dollars untouched
for fear of the "political backlash that might result if we evacuate
it. They had no instruction to evacuate it."
After ransacking the entire residence of the governor, which is yet to
be occupied by the serving Governor, Udom Emmanuel, the operatives
moved to guest houses and the presidential lodge, said to be currently
in use by ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio.
It was in one of the guest houses within the expansive complex, the
source said, that the dollars were found locked up in a room.