Finally Buhari sacks Babachi, Ayo Oke, names Boss Mustapha new SGF

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The President, Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the elsewhile embattled Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr.  Babachir David Lawal and the Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke, over corruption allegations, naming Mr. Boss Mustapha to replace Babachir, reports ITRealms.

Special Adviser to the President, (Media and Publicity), Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed this to ITRealms in a press statement, saying that Buhari named Mr. Boss Mustapha new SGF after  studying 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.

According to him, Buhari accepted the recommendation of the panel to terminate the appointment of Mr Lawal.

ITRealms reports that Mr Mustapha appointment takes immediate effect.

Also, he revealed to ITRealms that Buhari 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.

ITRealms  gathered that before Mustapha, born in Adamawa State, he was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority.

Mustapha attended Hong Secondary School, in Hong, Adamawa State and North East College of Arts and Sciences Maiduguri, Borno State. He completed his Secondary School Education in 1976 with WASC and HSC certificates.

He obtained his Law degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1979 and was called to bar in 1980.

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Why Buhari suspended SGF Lawal, DG NIA, Ayo Oke

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The 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), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE), reports ITRealms.

Also, ITRealms reports that the President has also directed the suspension of the SGF from office pending the outcome of the investigations.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, confirmed to ITRealms that 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, Ambassador Ayo Oke, pending the outcome of the investigation.

A three-man Committee comprising the Hon. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the National Security Adviser, 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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