The committee, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, is probing suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke
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Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who spoke on the incident in Abuja on Thursday, described the reports as “unfair and uncharitable”
In a statement signed by the Coordinator of the Centre, Chido Onumah, AFRICMIL expressed delight that the success so far recorded was a pointer to the fact that the policy was proving to be an effective tool in checking widespread corruption in the polity
President Buhari on Wednesday ordered the immediate suspension of Lawal and Oke pending the outcome of investigation of allegations levelled against them
The statement that conveyed the suspension of the two top government officials was signed by Femi Adesina
There will come a time Nigerians will snivel at the EFCC, ICPC for failing their expectations. The lines for the fight is either too short to reach former leaders before Jonathan or too fragile to hold present actors in the present administration accountable to corrupt practices
The organization also called on Buhari to “ensure legal backing for his government’s whistle-blowing policy by vigorously pursuing the passing by the National Assembly of the Whistle-blower Bill”
Fayose said it was nothing but a cover-up and that the development has only succeeded in rubbishing the Federal Government’s anti-graft war
The association of all Nigerian political parties then called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prove to Nigerians that its activity was not lopsided by naming and prosecuting its true owner
Wike, at a news conference, said the $43 million, £27,800 and N23 million found by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday was part of the slush funds with which Amaechi sponsored the 2015 presidential campaigns of President Muhammadu Buhari