…as president orders AGF to probe SGF, others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to probe all top government officials recently accused of corruption.
This is coming after the allegation of corruption leveled against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engr. Babachil Lawal and other top government officials of the Buhari administration.
Following these allegations, there has been intense calls by several groups for the SGF and other accused to honourably step down for proper investigations.
Revealing plans by the president to get to the root of the allegations, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said in a two-paragraph statement that any government official found guilty of the allegations leveled against them would not escape prosecution.
The statement read, “The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to a number of reports in the media, in which various accusations of corruption have been levelled against some top officials in the administration.
“In that regard, President Buhari has instructed the Attorney General of the Federation to investigate the involvement of any top government official accused of any wrongdoing. If any of them are liable, they will not escape prosecution.”
While the statement did not clearly point at anyone, however, top government officials who have been recently accused of corruption so far, included the SGF, the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; and the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.