Grass-cutting contract: Osinbajo’s panel grills SGF, Babachir Lawa




Suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, David Babachir Lawal, was, yesterday, grilled by Presidential panel investigating the $43 million cash found in a luxury apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, and the N220 million meant for welfare of Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in North-East. His appearance before the panel, led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, came barely 24 hours after Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Ayodele Oke, was grilled for over eight hours by the panel. 

 The SGF was quizzed on a day indications emerged that the House of Representatives may conduct an independent investigative hearing into the cash haul found in the Ikoyi apartment. Yemi Osinbajo Also, Senator Dino Melaye has said the Senate was not happy with the setting up of  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led presidential panel by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate allegations of misuse of funds meant for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the North-East. It was gathered that the SGF was asked to explain his role in the management of finances meant for IDPs in Borno State, under the auspices of the Presidential Initiave for the North East, PINE. 

 Lawal had arrived the Presidential Villa, venue of the panel’s sitting, at about 1pm and was questioned for about two and half hours. Emerging from the meeting at 3:25pm, Lawal was seen walking around the lobby upstairs at Osinbajo’s office.

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