President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the director-general of National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke and the Secretary to the Federal
Government, Engineer Babachir David Lawal.
Both men have been mired in some controversies. The President has ordered full scale investigations into their cases.
Ayo Oke was linked recently with the shocking discovery of $43.45million in a private apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. He claimed the money belonged to his agency and was approved by the former president Goodluck Jonathan for some covert operation.
President Buhari was said to be furious with the claim as he had never been briefed about the fund by the DG who was appointed by Jonathan and was kept on the job by Buhari.
Babachir Lawal was indicted by a Senate Committee probing the disbursement of funds meant for the Internally Displaced Persons Camps. The Committee alleged that Lawal awarded a N200m contract for a company linked with him to cut grass at an IDP camp.
Mr. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the President on media and publicity said 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).