The Presidential Investigative Committee probing two suspended government officials resisted some pressure, it was learnt yesterday.
The panel, headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, probed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal and National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Director-General Ayo Oke, who have been suspended.
Also yesterday, it was learnt that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives are yet to vacate Apartment 7B in Osborne Towers, Lagos where $43.4 million was recovered.
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The anti-graft agency said its operatives were still in charge of the apartment to prevent anyone or group from tampering with some evidence.
Lawal is being probed for a N200 million contract awarded to a company, Global Vision Limited, allegedly linked with him by the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) for the clearing of “invasive plant species” (weeds) in Yobe State.
Oke is being investigated for the $43.4 million.
The committee yesterday tidied up its report, it was learnt.
The source said: “There were many lobbyists trying to reach out to the committee but the vice president and his team shunned them. The panel is going ahead with the submission of its report.
“Although some of these lobbyists came up with religious and ethnic sentiments, the panel was not swayed by their arguments in any manner whatsoever.
“All the vice president kept on saying to those who appeared for interrogation was that the panel will be firm and fair to all.”
The panel is expected to make “far-reaching” recommendations, not just on the $43.4 million and PINE but how to protect key institutions.
“The panel has come up with suggestion to strengthen the nation’s institutions. Some of these institutions have been bastardised and weakened,” the source said.
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