Buhari restores DSS, sacks Army bodyguards in Aso Rock.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly sacked officers and men of the Nigerian Army and restored the officials of the Department of State Services, DSS, as his body guards.

It was gathered that the president gave this directive shortly before he proceeded on his annual vacation to London, United Kingdom, on January 19.

According to Vanguard News, the development might be connected with a series of complaints by the Chief Security Officer, to the President, CSO Bashir Abubakar who was said to have been uncomfortable with the soldiers protecting the president.

Report from source claims that the use of army officers as body guards to provide protection to the President started soon after President Buhari moved into his official residence at the presidential villa after being sworn in May 2015, a development that does not go down well with the DSS.

This, the report claimed, sparked cold war between the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) Abdulraman Mani and the Aide de Camp (ADC) to the President, Colonel Lawal Abubakar.

While Mani insisted on the operatives of DSS to protect the President, the ADC preferred soldiers to serve as body guards.