Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has dismissed the sack of Babachir
Lawal and Ayodele Oke, as an afterthought and a face-saving measure. A
statement by h
is Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere
Olayinka, disclosed this.
The statement said: “What Nigerians expected from a president who rode to
power on the basis of integrity, is a total cleansing of his government. It is
not by setting up panel to investigate corruption allegations involving his men
and reluctantly sacking a few of them.”
According to Fayose: “The president only acted because of the outcry of
Nigerians, especially over the fraudulent reinstatement of the former Chairman
of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdullahi Maina.
“Enough of using panels to shield people accused of corruption in
Buhari’s government. Rather, they should be arrested, detained and prosecuted
by the EFCC, as being done to others perceived as the president’s enemies.”
The governor lauded the people whose resistance forced the president to
act, saying: “Once again, Nigerians have proved that the power of the president
is not greater than the people who elected him.
“Apart from prosecuting the sacked officials, Nigerians are interested in
the report on the $43 million discovered in an apartment at Osbourne Towers,
Ikoyi, Lagos.
He urge the president to take action on the allegation by the Minister of
State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, over $25 billion contract awarded
by the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru.
The governor cited other cases to include the allegations of corruption
against the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, as well as the
circumstances surrounding, Ibrahim Lamorde, who, as the former EFCC Chairman
was accused of corruption by the Senate, and later appointed as the
Commissioner of Police at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) Ikoyi.
Fayose urged the president to explain how Ahmed Gambo Saleh, was
appointed as the Supreme Court Registrar, despite his indictment over an
alleged N2 billion fraud.
He tasked Buhari to unmask those behind the fraudulent reinstatement of
Maina, since the report on it was submitted to him last week.
Meanwhile, the former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshimhole, yesterday
lauded the appointment of Mr. Boss Mustapha as the new SGF.
A statement by Oshiomhole said the appointment “has come at a very
auspicious time when the All Progressives Congress (APC) and government are
making efforts to rejuvenate the system for enhanced service delivery to the
people.
“Mustapha saw the entire processes of the formation of the party and the
electioneering and management of all the factors that led to the victory of the
party at the 2015 general elections.
“He is not just a seasoned party man who understands the dynamics of
management, but also very much abreast with governmental administration and
responsibilities.”
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