The
president described the discovery of monies in a four-bedroom flat at Osborne
Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, in April as an ‘‘unfortunate incident which rightly
aroused public interest and outcry.’’
President
Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said all those found culpable in the
Osborne Towers, Ikoyi recovered-monies scandal would be made to account for
their deeds and beappropriately sanctioned.
Buhari
said this when he received the report of the Presidential Review Panel on the
operational, technical and administrative structure of the National
Intelligence Agency (NIA), at the State House.
He said: “All
the circumstances surrounding the obtaining, keeping custody and disbursement
of the funds have been examined by the Vice President’s committee. All those
found to be culpable will be made to account and appropriately sanctioned. However,
it must be understood that this cannot be done in a manner that jeopardises
national security or exposes the operations of any intelligence agency which
must be conducted in secrecy. Suffice it for me to assure all that justice will
be done in line with our anti-corruption policies.’’
Buhari
expressed hope that the recommendations of the panel and that of the vice
president’s committee on the matter would assist government in improving the
operations of the NIA.
The
president said the findings of the committees would also improve the overall
national security architecture.
‘‘Your
panel’s recommendation, informed as they are by your collective experience and
expertise in this field, should in particular help to reposition the NIA to
better perform its vital functions with greater professionalism. The Osborne
Towers incident and its aftermath have also brought to the fore the need to
review the entire national security architecture which has been in operation as
established 31 years ago,’’ he said.
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