Several top government officials may be
suspended soon in connection with the N15 billion hauled from a private
apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos.
President
Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday suspended Director-General of the National
Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke for holding on to the fund for two years without
disclosing it.
He also
ordered a top level investigation headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
A source
hinted yesterday that some other government officials had been linked to the
issue. The president has told the committee no one should be spared.
The
three-man panel is to unravel the circumstances in which the NIA came into the
possession of the fund. The panel will also unravel how and by whose or which
authority such fund was made available to the agency, and whether or not
there had been a breach of the law or security procedure in obtaining custody
and use of the fund.
The source
disclosed that the panel had “compelling reasons” to invite top officials for
questioning.
The source,
who is close to the panel, however, declined naming the affected officials.
According to
him, the panellists were shocked at the evidence presented to them last Friday
by the acting chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, whose operatives recovered
the money.
“Names of
many top government officials have been mentioned in respect of the money found
at an apartment in Ikoyi. The panel has compelling reasons to invite all of
them for interrogation. But beyond that, those officials are going to be
suspended soon. Mr President will not spare anyone involved,” he said.
-Daily Trust
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