The suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, again failed to appear before the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North East, which is probing the alleged contract inflation involving him.

Mr. Lawal’s absence from the committee’s sitting on Thursday would be the third time he would be refusing to honour its invitation to address the allegations of corruption.

He is alleged to have awarded contracts running into millions of naira under the Presidential Initiative on the North East, which is headed by him, without due process.

The SGF is also being investigated by another committee set up by the Federal Government, which is headed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

SGF, Babachir Lawal Appears Before Osinbajo Panel

The Senate committee headed by Senator Shehu Sani had today for Babachir to appear before it after he failed to appear last month.

Sani said Lawal deliberately chose not to appear before the committee, adding that the suspended SGF had been given every opportunity to defend himself publicly.

He said despite Lawal’s absence, the committee would go ahead and present its report on the floor of the Senate based on the facts and figures it had at its disposal. (Channels TV)

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