The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has set up a team to investigate the immediate past Secretary
to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.
This was disclosed by a source
within the commission.
The operative also confirmed that
former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo
Oke, would also be invited.
The EFCC promised to do a
thorough job, adding that nobody would be given preferential treatment.
“The former SGF and ex-NIA boss
will be invited. Nobody would be given any preferential treatment”, our
correspondent was informed.
The Senate had accused Lawal of
violation of due process in award of contracts under Presidential Initiatives
on North East (PINE).
A 45-page report submitted by the
Committee Chairman, Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central), revealed that
contractors paid over N500m in kickbacks to a company linked Lawal.
The bribe was discovered to have
been paid to Rholavision Engineering Limited.
Senators were shocked that
besides the N270 million for the grass-cutting contract, there was another N200
million spent to hire consultants on grass-cutting.
An interim report, late last
year, had indicted Lawal for corruption.
Oke landed into trouble after
$43m was found in an apartment in Ikoyi.
He claimed the money belonged to
the NIA.
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