Free Medicare For Bizman Gifted N20m By DG DSS After Accidental Shooting

In fulfillment of a promise to give free medical services to a Sokoto businessman, who was accidentally shot during an operation in Jos, Plateau State, the Department of State Services (DSS) has invited the victim to its hospital in Abuja.

In mid-March, the Director General of the DSS, Mr. Tosin Ajayi, approved the payment of ₦10 million damages awarded by a court to the businessman six years ago.

But, to compensate for the time lost, the DSS DG handed the businessman an additional ₦10 million, bringing the total amount to ₦20 million.

Not done with just the cash gift, Mr. Ajayi directed the DSS hospital to officially integrate the businessman into the Services’ medical care system, to enable him enjoy free medical services anytime he so desired.

A security source said the businessman arrived at the hospital “a few days ago, and has been undergoing free medical tests and treatment from the hospital’s best doctors”.

The source; “True to the DG’s directive, the man has been in the VIP ward which of course, is fully air-conditioned. They have been running series of checks and giving him round-the-clock medical attention in order to make him regain full control of his limbs. I can tell you for free that the DG directed that he should be fed for free”.

It was gathered that in 2016, during a pre-dawn operation to arrest a suspected gunrunner in Jos, Plateau State, DSS operatives mistakenly shot and injured the businessman who incidentally bears the same name with the suspected gunrunner.

However, the gunrunner was eventually arrested and two years after the shooting, precisely in 2018, the businessman, through his lawyer, Idris Akibu, approached a Federal High Court in Bauchi.

The Court presided over by Justice Muhammed Shittu Abubakar, in its judgement on the matter with suit number FHC/J/CS/18/2018, ordered the DSS to pay ₦10 million in damages to the injured businessman.

“This is the third DG since this unfortunate case of mistaken identity happened. We were very happy when our new DG directed that we pay the money. He even added another ₦10 million to the victim’s money.

“It goes to show that, not only can security agencies be law abiding, but are also full of the milk of human kindness,” the source enthused.