The Presidency has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will not
interfere in the ongoing probes being carried out by the National
Assembly.
It said the Senate’s probes of the Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, and the power
sector from 1999 to 2015, were purely legislative matters and that the
President could not stop them.
The Senate Committee on Business and Ethics is currently probing an
allegation of diversion of N1tn proceeds of corruption recovered by
the EFCC.
The Chief Executive Officer of Panic Alert Security Systems, Mr.
George Uboh, had, in a petition submitted to the committee, accused
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.
When asked if Buhari had confidence in the probes of Lamorde and
the former presidents, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the President could not
interfere with the probes because of his respect for the principle
separation of powers.
Adesina, who spoke with SUNDAY PUNCH , said, “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.”
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Mr. Goodknows
Igali, had on Monday told the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Power
that the government had spent a total of N2.7tn on the power
sector from 1999 to date.
He said that power generation had risen from 3,500 megawatts in
1999 to 4,600 megawatts presently.
Why we can’t investigate EFCC boss – PSC
There is also a strong indication that the Police Service Commission
may not act on the report of the probe of Lamorde, which began in
the Senate on August 26.
The PSC said it could not probe or sanction Lamorde over
allegations of graft because he was not under the commission.
The PSC Commissioner in charge of media, Comfort Obi, said
although Lamorde is a policeman, he is not subject to the supervision
of the commission as he is an employee of the Presidency.
Obi said she could not comment on the allegations of graft against
the EFCC chairman because the petition against him was not
addressed to the PSC.
According to her, the petition was addressed to the Senate, which is
investigating the allegations of graft levelled against Lamorde.
She said, “Though the EFCC chairman is a police officer, he is not
under the Police Service Commission. We cannot comment on his
case; he is now an employee of the President. Besides, the petition
against him was not addressed to the Police Service Commission; it
was addressed to the Senate, which is probing it.”
When asked if the commission discussed the petition with the Force
headquarters, Obi said it was not discussed.
Afenifere, others dismiss probes
Some socio-political groups have dismissed the ongoing probes in the
Senate. The pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, described
the probes as a waste of time.
Its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, in an interview with
SUNDAY PUNCH, said “If you are probing all your immediate past
presidents at the same time and the chairman of your anti-graft
body is also under the radar for corruption, should it not occur to
you that you have a systemic crisis?
“Probes are a mere waste of time under a structurally defective
arrangement like this. Beyond exciting the public, nothing is going to
be achieved. What we need to do is to smash the architecture of
corruption. If we don’t, the vicious cycle continues.”
Uboh, had in his petition, alleged that Lamorde fraudulently diverted
over N1tn proceeds of corruption recovered by the anti-graft
agency.
According the petitioner, part of the money allegedly diverted by the
EFCC boss included the loot recovered from a former Governor of
Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha; and ex-Inspector-General of
Police, Tafa Balogun.
But the commission had in an August 24 statement by its
spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, described Uboh’s petition as
mischievous and intended to smear Lamorde.
The statement read in part, “The EFCC as an agency that is
founded on transparency is not afraid of any ‘probe’ or request for
information regarding its activities by individuals, groups or organs
of government; so far as such requests followed due process of law.”

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