President Muhammadu Buhari has
faulted reports which claimed he had earlier declared that former Secretary to
Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, was not guilty of the
corruption allegations leveled against him.
Buhari, speaking through his
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, stated this on Monday
during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“You didn’t get it right; the
President had no time said anybody was not guilty. What the President said then
was that he was not given the right to defend himself,” he said.
Contrary to claims that the
President was defending the sacked SGF, Adesina said President Buhari was not
pleased with the process adopted by the legislature for the accusation of
Lawal.
“He (Buhari) said the procedure
adopted for the indictment that came from the National Assembly was not proper.
The President did not give him a clean bill of health, he only faulted the
procedure,” the President’s spokesman insisted.
He, however, said the decision to
sack the senior government officials was a proof that the President was careful
in making decisions, adding that nobody could pressure him.
Adesina added that the relevant
agencies that had begun investigations into the allegations which led to the
sack of the former SGF and NIA boss would be allowed to continue with their
work without any interference.
“Anybody that knows this
President will know that he’s a man that takes his time but when he makes up
his mind, he makes it up real good. Who can pressure the President? All I’ll
just say is that the President, once again, has shown himself to be a
painstaking and a thorough person.
“The Presidency does not
interfere in the works of the works of the security agencies, they know what
they should do at any given time. So, the onus is on them to do the next
thing,” he said.
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