
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the suspended secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal and the director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke.
This was announced by Femi Adesina, Mr Buhari’s special adviser on media and publicity via Twitter on Monday, October 30, 2017.
The president also named Boss Mustapha as the new SGF. Mustapher hails from Adamawa State, same as Babachir Lawal.
PMB terminates appointments of Babachir Lawal, suspended SGF, and Amb Ayo Oke, former DG, NIA. Mr Boss Mustapha is new SGF.
— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) October 30, 2017





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