President Buhari has suspended the Director-General of National
Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke and the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Mr. David Lawal. This was revealed in a
statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.
"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), Mr 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, Ambassador Ayo Oke, pending the outcome
of the investigation.
"A three-man Committee comprising the Hon.
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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