President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the arrest of one Prince George Buchi Nwabueze and directed the suspension of three Permanent Secretaries after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) uncovered fresh fake agency in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
CityNews reports that the ICPC uncovered the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office operating inside the SGF office without presidential authorisation.
The exposure came during probes into the earlier fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) and weak government checks.
This was disclosed in Friday by the ICPC Chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu, while speaking to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
He said the fake agency was allegedly allocated office space within the SGF complex without presidential authorisation.
The ICPC identified Prince George Buchi Nwabueze as the alleged promoter of the office and said suspected collaborators within the SGF’s office may have facilitated its operation.
Following the briefing, he said President Tinubu ordered Nwabueze’s immediate arrest and the suspension of three Permanent Secretaries. They are M. S. Danjuma, Engineer Nadungu Gagare and Richard P. Pheelangwah.
The ICPC disclosed that investigations are continuing, while the President has also directed a forensic audit of government processes to prevent similar abuses.
