{"id":179826,"date":"2025-09-22T19:30:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack"},"modified":"2025-09-22T20:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:49:31","slug":"dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack","title":{"rendered":"DSS Questions Malami About Kebbi Convoy Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited and interrogated former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in connection with the attack on his convoy in Kebbi State.<\/p>\n<p>Malami\u2019s convoy was attacked by suspected political thugs in Birnin Kebbi on September 1, 2025, shortly after he returned from a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief Imam of Dr Bello Haliru Jumu\u2019ah Mosque.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his Facebook page on Monday, Malami confirmed that he had honoured the invitation to support the DSS investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm that I have been invited by the Department of State Services, DSS, to support investigation over the attack on my person and convoy in Kebbi State on the 1st of September, 2025,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Malami alleged that the petition which prompted the DSS invitation was instigated by opposition political figures in the state.<\/p>\n<p>However, he commended the DSS for the professional and transparent manner in which the inquiry was conducted. \u201cI was treated with dignity and respect, and I remain committed to cooperating fully with the Department to ensure that their investigation is concluded successfully,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited and interrogated former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in connection with the attack on his convoy in Kebbi State. Malami\u2019s convoy was attacked by suspected political thugs in Birnin Kebbi on September 1, 2025, shortly after he returned from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[119,2329,1104,254],"class_list":["post-179826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-dss","tag-kebbi","tag-malami","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DSS Questions Malami About Kebbi Convoy Attack - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited and interrogated former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minist ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DSS Questions Malami About Kebbi Convoy Attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Department of State Services, DSS, has invited and interrogated former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minist ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T18:30:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-22T19:49:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758557736.72115.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"692\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"DSS Questions Malami About Kebbi Convoy Attack\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-22T18:30:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-22T19:49:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758557736.72115.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"DSS\",\"Kebbi\",\"Malami\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/dss-questions-malami-about-kebbi-convoy-attack\",\"name\":\"DSS Questions Malami About Kebbi Convoy Attack - 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