Ebun Francis || Prof Yemi Osinbajo the chairman of the three man panel that probed the case of corruption and abuse office levelled against Babachi Lawal, the suspended Secretary to the government of the Federation and Ayodele Oke, the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA on Wednesday said that only President Buhari will determine the fate of the two men.
Prof Osinbajo made the remarks while speaking to newsmen after the submission of the panels report to President Buhari.
Babachir Lawal was suspended from his position as Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, while Ayodele Oke was suspended as head of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA.
Osinbajo who declined to give details of the report when pressed by Journalists said: “How can I tell you? If you want to know what is in the report, you have to wait.”
He continued, “Well as you can imagine we are always fair minded and the whole approach is to ensure that justice is done in all cases,” he said. 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.”
“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.
“It is s 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.
“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.
“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 have to wait, you really have to wait.”