The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has dragged a former Secretary to Government of Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Mr Ayodele Oke and Mrs Folashade Oke following fraud charges filed against them before a Federal High Court in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.
The charges against Babachir Lawal are coming over one year after the former SGF was sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari for his alleged role in the multi-million naira grass-cutting fraud in the North East.
Similarly, a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Mrs Folashade Oke were dragged before the Federal High Court in Lagos for the billions of naira found in the “Ikoyi Towers” alleged to belong to Mrs Oke and her husband.
Reports say Babachir Lawal and five others, including his company, Rholavision Engineering Ltd are faced with 10 counts, while the Okes are faced with four counts.
The Vice President Osinbajo who was then acting as the President sacked Babachir Lawal and Oke following a report of investigations by a panel headed by the Vice-President himself indicting the two for alleged fraud leveled against them in 2017.