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Buhari dissolves SPIP

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been directed by President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately take over all outstanding investigations and other activities of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) on Tuesday.

Buhari dissolves the panel currently constituted with Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla as Chairman in the process.

The President also said he is awaiting the final Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) report on Obono-Obla.

The panel was established in August 2017 by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, while acting as president, to investigate specifically mandated cases of corruption, abuse of office and similar offences by public officers.

President Buhari thanked all members of the dissolved panel for their services, said the President’s media adviser, Femi Adesina.

Recall that Buhari in August suspended the chairman, Okoi Obono-Obla, from office.

The suspension letter, signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who also directed him to answer questions from the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission.

According to Mustapha, Obono-Obla was to hand over to Dayo Apata, the Solicitor-General of the Federation, who was holding forte in the Justice Ministry at the time.

Among other things, he is being investigated over allegations of certificate forgery and other corruption-related charges. He was also accused of acting outside the mandate setting up the panel.

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