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.
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