The
Presidency has described as false the media reports that the suspended Director
General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, cried during his visit to
the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday.
Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Media and Publicity, who spoke on the incident in Abuja on
Thursday, described the reports as “unfair and uncharitable.’’
He stated that witnesses to Mr. Oke’s visit to
the vice president on the fateful day and his own personal account clearly
indicated that the DG did not cry as widely reported in the social and some
traditional media.
The presidential media aide, who narrated how
the incident happened, said: “the widespread reports that Oke of the National
Intelligence Agency had cried are unfair and uncharitable.
“Witnesses to his visit to the Vice President
and his own personal account, said that Oke arrived to a swarm of journalists
which he wanted to avoid.
“He asked his driver to make a quick turn and
instead, he headed to the Glass House, the headquarters of the Department of
State Services (DSS).
“From there, he put a call to the Special
Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, and requested
that he help to clear the journalists so that he can make a quiet entry to the
VP’s office and that is what happened.
“In an SUV with darkened windows, no one could
have seen an occupant crying.’’
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met separately with the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and Mr. Oke, barely an hour after
the announcement of their suspension from office.
NAN gathered that the closed-door meeting was
in connection with the work of the presidential committee set up to investigate
allegations of misconduct against both men
Mr. Lawal refused to comment on the outcome of
his meeting with the vice president.
-NAN
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