The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five security officers, who attended to former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai at the Namdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on February 12, 2026, for allegedly compromising their professional standards.
The officers allegedly took bribes to grant the former governor entry into restricted security areas at the airport
Those arrested are: Ayuba Yakubu, an Assistant Superintendent of Police; Mutala Inuwa, a DSS operative; Najeeb Murtala, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration; and Musa Adamu and Salihu Victor, who are all from Aviation Security, AVSEC.
They have all confessed to receiving bribes to facilitate the unauthorised entry into restricted areas at the NAIA on the date El-Rufai arrived from overseas.
The official statement from the security agency said on Tuesday: “At the end of a joint investigation by the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Ministry of Aviation, five officers have been detained.
They are Ayuba Yakubu, Murtala Inuwa, Najeeb Murtala, Musa Adamu and Salihu Victor.
“They have all confessed to receiving bribes to facilitate unauthorised entry into restricted areas, to obstruct lawful security operations in an unprecedented manner.
“They have been handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for prosecution,” it said.
Other officers from the NIS and NCS who did not take bribes but abused their uniforms to facilitate unauthorised access will still face administrative action.