ICPC Uncovers Another Fake Agency, Tinubu Orders Arrest, Suspension of 3 Perm Secs
*Nwabueze for arrest, Danjuma, Gagare, Pheelangwah suspended*Fake entity secured office inside SGF complex without presidential approval *ICPC links discovery to probe of fictitious PFIPC *President directs wider audit of MDAs,
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the arrest of George Buchi Nwabueze, the promoter of a newly discovered fake government agency, and the suspension of three federal Permanent Secretaries. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) uncovered the entity, known as the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office, operating without presidential approval inside the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
The ICPC's Chairman, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, informed journalists in Abuja about the latest findings, which he linked to the investigation of the fictitious Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). The three suspended Permanent Secretaries are M. S. Danjuma, Engr. Nadungu Gagare, and Richard Pheelangwah. The ICPC is now probing the unauthorized access to OSGF premises by the fake agency and the roles played by public officials in its operations.
President Tinubu has also directed a comprehensive audit of federal ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) and internal government processes as part of efforts to strengthen governance.
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