The Intelligence authorities have released Lawal Daura and confiscated his international passport, acceding to a report.

The ex-director General of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) was disgraced out of office and taken into custody on Tuesday after ordering the deployment of SSS operatives to lay siege to the National Assembly.

Mr Daura was released on Wednesday evening from a guest house run by the Department of State Services in Gwarimpa area of Abuja where he had been placed on house arrest.

Acting-President Yemi Osinbajo ordered his dismissal  from offce on Tuesday, following his deployment of the SSS officials to the National Assembly.

The presence of masked SSS agents who prevented federal lawmakers and staff members from entering the parliament drew nationwide outrage.

Prof. Osinbajo, apparently incensed by the images of the ensued fracas being beamed across the world, ordered Mr Daura’s instant dismissal from service.

He was also asked to be remanded in custody, following some of the gravest heist and betrayal in Nigeria’s national security history.

He was initially reportedly taken to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squard facility in Guzape neighbourhood, Abuja, where he spent time answering questions for his highly controversial tenure at the secret police.

He was later moved to one of the numerous guests’ houses run by SSS around the Federal Capital Territory.

Specifically, he was detained at a building in Gwarinpa, a massive residential community filling the northwestern corridor of the capital, security sources informed of the matter, said.

“He was given his phones and released to go,” a source said.

“But his international passport was taken from him.”

It was not immediately clear where Daura is currently putting up, but security sources said he would not be able to go under the radar given the intensity of surveillance already placed on him.

His two known telephone lines were switched off as at the moment this story was ready for publication. The SSS has no spokesperson since September 2015, shortly after Daura took over office, despite demands from media advocates.

The police did not respond to the question, on when Lawal  Daura was handed over to the SSS and other details surrounding his interrogation.

Although specific allegations against Mr Daura are still being tidied by law enforcement authorities, the major crux of why he might be facing charges weighs heavily on corruption allegations.

Already, one of his closest associates at the SSS has flipped on him, recounting gruesome details of fraudulent activities allegedly executed by Daura to newsmen over the past 24 hours.

It was also learnt that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is after ex SSS leader, but details of that are still fuzzy as at Thursday morning.

A spokesperson for the EFCC did not return requests for comments, on that.

Multiple security sources are, however, not optimistic about the possibility of EFCC taking Mr Daura into custody, much less filing charges against him.

 “No serious service will release its men to other services for investigations and prosecution,” a security source said. “Except there is an executive order from above.”

The EFCC has moved against security chiefs in the past, including former Inspector-General Tafa Balogun and service chief under President Goodluck Jonathan, but the presidents reportedly signed off on these.

Whether Prof. Osinbajo has asked the EFCC to probe Daura was unclear. The presidency did not immediately return requests for comments as at Thursday morning.