The Presidency has declared that
President Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the ongoing probes by the
National Assembly.
According to the Presidency, the
Senate’s probes of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, and the power sector from 1999 to 2015,
were purely legislative matters and that the President could not stop them.
It will be recalled that the Senate
Committee on Business and Ethics has commenced probing an allegation of
diversion of N1tn proceeds of corruption recovered by the EFCC.
The probe was embarked upon by the
Senate after it received a petition from the Chief Executive Officer of Panic
Alert Security Systems, Mr. George Uboh, accusing Lamorde of diverting the
money.
Also, the Senate Ad-hoc committee on
power is investigating expenditures in the power sector under former Presidents
Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan.
The Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, while speaking with Sunday Punch, stated
that the President could not interfere with the probes because of his respect
for the principle separation of powers.
“There is separation of powers and the Senate
has the power to conduct probes. Thus, the Presidency does not need to endorse
or oppose any probe being carried out by the legislature. It is within their
power to do so.”
Source:dailypost
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