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 Babachir
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-man committee comprising the Attorney-General
of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the National Security Adviser,
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.
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