President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered full investigation of any top
official of his administration who have been accused of corruption.
In a terse statement by Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, he said the
Attorney General of the Federation has been directed to carry out the
investigation.
“The attention of the presidency has been drawn to a number of reports in
the media, in which various accusations of corruption have been leveled
against some top officials in the administration,” Mr. Shehu said in the
Sunday statement.
“In that regard, President Buhari has instructed the Attorney General of
the Federation to investigate the involvement of any top government
officials accused of any wrong-doing. If any of them are liable they will
not escape prosecution.”
Although the statement did not mention any specific officials, the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the
Acting Chairman of the anti-graft EFCC have both been accused of corrupt
practices.
Mr. Lawal was indicted by the Senate of making millions of naira of public
funds from non-executed contracts in the troubled north-east using one of
his companies. The Senate has since asked for his suspension and
prosecution, although he has denied any wrongdoing.