President
Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of
violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, SGF, David Lawal, in the award of contracts under the
Presidential Initiative on the North East, PINE.
The President has also directed the suspension
of the SGF from office pending the outcome of the investigations.
In a related development, the President has
ordered a full scale investigation into the discovery of large amounts of
foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, over which
the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has made a claim.
The investigation is also to enquire into the
circumstances in which the NIA came into possession of the funds, how and by
whose or which authority the funds were made available to the NIA, and to
establish whether or not there has been a breach of the law or security
procedure in obtaining custody and use of the funds.
The President has also directed the suspension
of the Director General of the NIA, Ayo Oke, pending the outcome of the
investigation.
A three-person committee comprising the
Attorney-General of the Federation, the National Security Adviser, and headed
by the Vice President, is to conduct both investigations.
The committee is to submit its report to the
President within 14 days.
The most senior Permanent Secretary in the
SGF’s office, and the most senior officer in the NIA, are to act, respectively,
during the period of investigation.
-Premium Times
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