President Muhammadu Buhari has
finally sacked Babachir Lawal, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation
(SGF).
He has been replaced by Boss
Mustapha.
This was contained in a statement
sent to Nigerian Eye, by Buhari’s
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
The statement reads, “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 (NIA), 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.”
Others members of the
investigation panel were: the National Security Adviser, General Babagana Monguno
(rtd) and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
Recall that President
Muhammadu Buhari suspended Babachir and Oke on April 19.
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 (PINE),
while it probed Oke on the discovery of huge cash by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi,
Lagos, for which NIA laid claim.
A Senate Committee on
Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East, which had earlier found the suspended
former SGF culpable of alleged complicity in a N200million grass-cutting
contract to clear “invasive plant species” in Yobe State, had demanded his
resignation and prosecution.
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