Suspended NIA Chief, Ayo Oke Weeps After Futile Attempt to Enter the Presidential Villa

Reports indicated that the suspended Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke, betrayed emotion after a futile attempt to enter the Presidential Villa to see Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday.According to the reports, Oke tried to enter the villa shortly after his suspension was announced and was driven towards the Service Chiefs’ Gate from where he was turned back.The NIA boss, who noticed the presence of State House correspondents, however, turned back and attempted to pass through Vice President’s exit gate.He was prevented from going out through that point by security officials; the security also stopped the DG from passing through the service chief’s gate.He later left the premises without seeing the Vice President.The Suspended NIA DG attempts to see the Vice President was after Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF who was also suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with Osinbajo.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the closed-door meeting is connected with the work of the Presidential Committee set up to investigate allegations of misconduct against the SGF.When accosted, the SGF refused to comment on the outcome of his meeting with the Vice-President.He also feigned ignorance of his suspension as he queried journalists on who signed the statement sending him on suspension when he confronted.
President Buhari had on Wednesday ordered the immediate suspension of Lawal and Oke, pending the outcome of investigation of allegations levelled against them.Media and Publicity Special Adviser, Mr Femi Adesina, said the president ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the SGF, Mr David Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE).
The President also ordered a full-scale investigation into the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, over which the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has made a claim.“The investigation is also to enquire into the circumstances in which the NIA came into possession of the funds, how and by whose or which authority the funds were made available to the NIA, and to establish whether or not there has been a breach of the law or security procedure in obtaining custody and use of the funds.“The President has also directed the suspension of the Director General of the NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke, pending the outcome of the investigation,’’ the statement added.

Looters in Buhari’s Govt. Burying Their Loots in Presidential Villa, Says Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described as absurd, claim by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that looters have resorted to burying stolen funds in their backyards, deep forests and burial grounds.Fayose said: “Looters in the Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency, especially those being compensated for funding the election of the President in 2015 bury their own loots in the Villa with Presidential protection.The governor asked; “Should it be wrong for other supposed looters that do not have presidential protection like the All Progressives Congress (APC) looters to bury their loots in burial grounds probably for spiritual protection?”In a statement issued on Monday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said “Nigerians can no longer be fooled with stage-managed loots recoveries, with no traceable owners (looters), especially when the loots are traceable to close associates of the president and his cabinet members.He said; “Obviously, this so-called anti-corruption war has become a laughing stock with N49 million found in Kaduna Airport, N448 million discovered in a shop at Victoria Island, Lagos and N13 billion found in Ikoyi, Lagos neither having owners nor the identities of owners of the properties where the money was found known.”Governor Fayose maintained that “It is either the money belongs to members of Buhari’s government or it is being planted by the government to sustain its fake anti-corruption fight in the minds of the people.”He said; “Enough of stage-managed and fake anti-corruption war aimed solely at opposition figures, especially presidential hopefuls in the 2019 election.”The governor noted that two different laws were now being operated in the country, with one law for the APC and those who decamp to the party and the other for the opposition, especially those perceived as having presidential ambition.“The narrative they push daily is that only those in their government are saint while other Nigerians, including those in the National Assembly, Judiciary, opposition politicians and the civil servants arerogues while only Buhari’s appointees are saints.
“To worsen matters, the cluelessness of the APC government in the last two years has plunged the country into debt without anything to show.“The cabals in the Presidency are also taking advantage of the President’s state of health, which is as a result of his age to oppress Nigerians.
“Nigerians must therefore keep their eyes on the ball and not be carried away by the orchestrated distractions aimed at preventing them from seeing how the APC led government has failed woefully.”
He called on the international community to hold Nigeria accountable on the recovered N13 billion cash found in that Ikoyi, Lagos apartment saying; “this must not be swept under the carpet.