President Buhari Finally Fires SGF Babachir Lawal, NIA’s Ayo Oke
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked the suspended
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; and the
Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,
Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
The sacking of the two government officials was based on the
report of a three-man panel led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo that
investigated them.
Adesina said Buhari has subsequently appointed Mr. Boss
Mustapha as the new SGF.
The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has studied
the report of the panel headed by the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN,
which investigated allegations against the suspended Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir David Lawal, and the
Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke.
“The President accepted the recommendation of the panel to
terminate the appointment of Mr. Lawal, and has appointed Mr. Boss Mustapha as
the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The appointment takes
immediate effect.”
“President Buhari also approved the recommendation to
terminate the appointment of Ambassador Oke, and has further approved the
setting up of a three-member panel to, among other things, look into the
operational, technical and administrative structure of the Agency and make
appropriate recommendations.”
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Mustapha from Adamawa State is a lawyer, management
consultant, politician and businessman.
Buhari had in June 2016 appointed him the Managing Director
of the National Inland Waterways Authority.
The President had on April 19 suspended the two government
officials and constituted a three-man committee led by Osinbajo, to investigate
them.
The panel investigated allegations of violations of law and
due process made against Lawal in the award of contracts under the Presidential
Initiative on the North-East while it probed Oke on the discovery of large
amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, for
which NIA is laying claim.
The committee had the Attorney-General of the Federation,
Abubakar Malami (SAN); and the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, as
members
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