President Muhammadu Buhari has finally sacked Babachir Lawal, as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
He has been replaced by Boss Mohammed.
This was contained in a statement sent to DAILY POST, 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.