The suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke shortly after learning that he has been suspended by the president, burst
The suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke shortly after learning that he has been suspended by the president, burst into tears and wept profusely at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. Oke had attempted to see President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo shortly after his suspension was announced but was denied access to their offices. He was said to have been driven towards the service chief’s gate from where he was turned back.
So also, Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Federal Government. Shortly after his suspension was announced, he was accosted by state house correspondents on what he feels about his suspension and while responding to their questions, he feigned ignorance of his suspension and even asked, ‘Who is the presidency’?
While the SGF was suspended almost five months after the Senate called for his sack and prosecution over allegations of financial impropriety over the award of contracts as the Chairman of the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE), the NIA DG was suspended for his involvement in the discovery of large amount of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, on which the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has made a claim.
The president also ordered a full scale investigation into the discovery
Click on link below to watch Babachir question, “Who is the presidency?”
