Buhari’s suspension of SGF, NIA DG mere cover-up –Fayose

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayodele Oke, was a prelude to the cover up of owners of the N18billion Ikoyigate money.

He also said that the setting up of a three-man committee by Buhari to investigate the cash which was discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was diversionary, afterthought and part of the plot to permanently conceal the original owners of the money.

The governor, who said the Buhari-led government was becoming an embarrassment to Nigerians with its macabre dance of shame queried, “Would the President have set up a probe panel if these scams were linked to anyone in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or those members of his party that are not in his good books?

“Most importantly, what business does Presidential Committee have with investigation of crime? Are they telling Nigerians that they have lost confidence in all the intelligence and investigative agencies of the government, including the EFCC and DSS?”

The chairman of PDP Governors Forum stated this in a statement he released through his Special Assistant on public communications and new media, Lere Olayinka on Wednesday.

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He further said that it was becoming obvious that President Buhari has lost control of his government.

“The Buhari-led Federal Government is operating like many governments within one government. There appears to be many presidencies within the presidency and this is the reason for the confusion everywhere.

“The cat of President Buhari’s government hypocrisy in its fight against corruption has already been let off the bag. Nigerians can no longer be deceived by a government that protects its own people whenever they are accused of corruption while setting the DSS and EFCC to invade houses of members of opposition parties, especially those perceived as having presidential ambition in 2019 in the night to arrest and detain them indefinitely even when corruption allegations against them have not been proved,” he said.

 

 

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