Senator Shehu Sani has threatened that the Senate will
publish documents incriminating suspended Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, if the Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo-led panel
failed to make the investigation open.
DAILY POST earlier reported that Lawal was indicted by the
Senate committee on humanitarian crisis in the north-east for allegedly
awarding a N200 million contract for the clearing of grass at IDP camp in Yobe
state to a company in which he has interest.
Last week, Lawal was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari
and a committee headed by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was set up to
investigate the allegation against him and the Director-General of the National
Intelligence Agency, NIA. Ayo Oke
However, the Chairman of the Senate committee on
Humanitarian Crisis in North-East, Shehu Sani, said in as much as he supported
the anti-graft policy of the Buhari-administration, he was opposed to “secret
trial” of Lawal.
Sani said this while addressing journalists in Kaduna
yesterday.
He was reacting to a statement by the Vice President’s
Spokesman that the panel’s proceedings will be closed sessions.
Sani argued that if the investigation is done behind closed
doors, outcome of a secret investigation might not meet the expectations of
Nigerians.
“If Osinbajo committee has chosen a close session, the
senate committee will conduct an open session and provide the general public
all the documents which we have and which we used to indict public officials
who profited from unwholesome deals.
“I have a fear that Osinbajo committee will end up as
in-house or family affair as it is. So, I call on the Federal Government to
make everything public for Nigerians to know.”
