UPDATE: DSS Drops Invitation To INEC Top Officials

The Department of State Services (DSS) has dropped its invitation to some senior officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), including Okechukwu Ibeanu, the national commissioner of in charge of logistics.

He had been asked to report to DSS office in Abuja at 2pm on Tuesday.

Also invited by the DSS were Chidi Nwafor, the director of ICT; Ken Ukeagu, director of procurement; Osaze Uzzi, director of voter education and publicity; and Bimbo Oladunjoye, the assistant director of ICT.

The reason why DSS rescinded its decision, could not be ascertained in the immediate, but sources hinted that some prominent Nigerians intervened.

Details later…