SGF Probe: President’ll Make Decisions Based On Report – Osinbajo

 

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari will make decisions based on the report on the investigation of the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mr Ayo Oke.

Professor Osinbajo, who refused to disclose the recommendations in the report to State House correspondents, said only the President can take a decision on the recommendations made.

“It is a fact finding committee as you know and what our terms of reference were was to find out based on the fact available to us, and based on the interviews of witnesses of what transpired in those cases of the report; one involving the SGF and the other the DG of NIA,” he said.

“We have now concluded that and we submitted a full report with recommendations to the President. We cannot, of course, give you any kind of details because the President has to look at the report, study it and then make his own decisions based on that report.”

The Vice President told reporters on Wednesday in Abuja that the committee was unbiased in its investigation which he said was conducted in the nation’s interest.

He said, “Well as you can imagine, we are always fair minded and the whole approach is to ensure that justice is done in all cases.

“It is in the interest of the government and also the interest of the nation that things are done properly and that there is due process and that we are not unfair. You can be sure that we will do the right thing.”

Osinbajo said he does not know how long it would take President Buhari to study the report, stressing that the committee presented a detailed report to the President.

“All I can now say is that we have submitted the report to the President and it is a very detailed report as a matter of fact. The President has to study the report and make decisions,” the Vice President said.

“This is a document which has just been submitted to the President. He is the one who will read the recommendations and the facts and then make a decision. If you want to know what is in the report, you really have to wait.”