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All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders Meeting, at the State House, Abuja yesterday. PHOTO: PRESIDENCY |
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• Mustapha replaces Babachir Lawal
• APC caucus meets at Presidential Villa
After many months of
dillydallying, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday sacked the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF), David Babachir Lawal, and the
Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke.
Buhari said the decision
to sack the duo, who were earlier suspended over allegations of fraud levelled
against them, followed his acceptance of the recommendation of the panel to
terminate their appointment.
And swiftly, the
president announced the appointment of Mr. Boss Mustapha as the new SGF. The
appointment takes immediate effect.
A statement by the
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, yesterday said the
president also approved the setting up of a three-member panel to, among other
things, look into the operational, technical and administrative structure of
the NIA and make appropriate recommendations. The three-man committee included
the National Security Adviser (NSA) Babagana Monguno, and the Attorney-General
and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami.
Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo, who headed the Presidential Committee which investigated the
allegations against Lawal and Oke, had told newsmen that only President Buhari
would determine the fate of the duo.
Osinbajo who gave the
indication after he submitted the report of the panel in August was, however,
silent on the recommendations in the two-volume documents he made available to
Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Lawal was grilled by the
panel over the N220 million meant for the welfare of Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) in North-East while Oke was suspended over the discovery of
large amounts of
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