THE Presidency on Sunday dismissed
suggestions by Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State that the report of
the Presidential Investigative Committee on the Secretary to Government
of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and the Director General of the
National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke, was being swept under the
carpet.
The governor had written to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo warning
against such a move and calling for the case to be handed over to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as it is done in the
case of non-members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
Lawal had been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari over shady
contract awards under the Presidential Initiative on the North East
(PINE) while Oke was hammered over the huge sums of money discovered in
an apartment on Osborne Road in Lagos.
The President had set up the committee headed by Vice President
Osinbajo and given it a deadline of two weeks to turn in its report.
However, Buhari was unable to take possession of the report before
he jetted out of the country for his current medical vacation in the
United Kingdom.
Since his departure over two months ago, no action has been on the
report, causing Fayose to draw the Acting President’s attention to it in
an open letter made available to the media on Sunday.
But a top Presidency who insisted that it should not be quoted told the Nigerian Tribune on Sunday that Nigerians should ignore Governor Fayose, wondering why the media pay attention to him.
The source maintained that there was nothing like sweeping the
matter under the carpet since the two top government officials remained
suspended.
“The two people remain suspended. So, how is that a sweep?
“I don’t want to be quoted. You people know why you pay attention
to the guy,” the Presidency source tersely responded to the enquiry
through WhatsApp message.
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