The presidency on Sunday said a press release in circulation to the
effect that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest and
prosecution of Amaju Pinnick, the NFF Chairman, is fake news.
Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media &
Publicity), in a statement, said anyone familiar with the president’s
commitment to the due processes of the law will not make such
assumptions of the President.
He said the position of the President that allegations of criminal
nature should be addressed only by investigation and law enforcement
agencies, within the framework of the law has not changed.
“It is not in the nature of President Buhari to say go and arrest
that man or woman as formed the practice in the past,” the statement
added.
“Rather, he allows all allegations of this nature to be addressed
using the mechanism of the rule of law even as law enforcement and
investigation agencies should not in any way be hampered in performing
their duties.
“At the same time, nobody should drop names to seek to influence the course of those investigations.”