SGF: Senate’s document faults Buhari

Six of the nine members of the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East signed the report of the committee that indicted Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, investigations have revealed.

The report contradicts President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that only three senators signed the report, a claim he used in justifying his refusal to act on the Senate indictment of Mr. Lawal.
President Buhari had in a letter to Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki read on the Senate floor alleged that he could not act on the committee’s report, saying it was not endorsed by a quorum and also claimed that Lawal was not given the opportunity of fair hearing.

The three senators he named as signatories to the committee report were Senators Solomon Adeola, Yahaya Abdullahi, and Isaac M. Alfa.

Senator Shehu Sani, chairman of the committee, had immediately after the letter was read on the floor debunked the claim, saying that the letter which also alleged that Lawal was not given fair hearing was full of lies.

A copy of the committee report obtained by Vanguard yesterday showed that four other senators including the committee chairman, Senator Sani signed the report. The others who endorsed the report were Senators Ben Murray-Bruce, Tayo Alasoadura, and Mallam Ali Wakili.

Only three of the 10 members of the committee did not sign the report. They are Senators T.A. Orji, Oluremi Tinubu, and Mohammed Hassan.

Vanguard, January 26, 2017

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