President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of one George Buchi Nwabueze, and suspended three permanent secretaries following the discovery of another fake agency operating within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
The suspended permanent secretaries are M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare, and Richard P. Pheelangwah.
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu (SAN), disclosed the development on Friday while briefing State House correspondents after meeting with President Tinubu for the second time in two days.
Aliyu said the Commission uncovered a fictitious office operating under the name National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, which had been illegally allocated office space within the OSGF without presidential approval and contrary to extant laws.
He explained that the discovery was made during the C0ommission’s ongoing investigation into the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and other procedural lapses within the public service.
“Upon further briefing by ICPC to Mr President on the ongoing investigations into the fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and procedural weaknesses in the public service, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has uncovered another fake agency and office operating under the name National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, which has been illegally allocated office space within the premises of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,” Aliyu said.
According to the ICPC chairman, the fake office was promoted by George Buchi Nwabueze, who allegedly operated with the assistance of suspected collaborators within the OSGF.
He said the investigation revealed that Nwabueze used multiple identities while running the illegal operation.
