It is no longer news that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, David Babachir Lawal has been suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The news is that many Nigerians have been reacting to this development and one major response has come from the Chairman of the Senate Committee that earlier indicted the SGF, Senator Shehu Sani from Kaduna State.
The President had suspended Lawal and Ayo Oke, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on Wednesday afternoon through a press statement from the office of presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina.
Sani described this as a good development, recalling that the senate had recommended the dismissal of Lawal after his committee investigated the activities of the Presidential Initiative on the North-East (PINE) under the SGF’s leadership.
Back then, Buhari had written to the senate, saying he would not sack Lawal because he was not a given a fair hearing. Many Nigerians cried foul after reading presidency’s submission.
As part of Senator Sani’s reaction to the suspension via a special statement on Wednesday, he commended President Buhari for acting upon the recommendations contained in the senate committee report on the humanitarian crisis in the north-east.
Read Shehu Sani’s reaction further:
“It is commendable for the president to heed the call to fumigate the throne of lice and bugs with the same ability he goes after rodents afar,”
“The sword of truth is not just cast and sharpened for the neck of foes but also for those of friends.
“Courage is dispensing justice, greater courage is dispensing justice against our emotions and temptation towards saving a friend.
“It’s easier to annihilate an adversary for a heap wrong than reprimand a friend for a mountain of wrong.
“The senate and the committee have nothing personal against the SGF or any person affected, but we simply did our job in conformity with our constitutional responsibilities and the moral calling of our conscience.”
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