President  Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF), Babachir Lawal and the former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency(NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke.

The sack was made known in a statement by Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina.

The presidency said in the statement that the President Muhammadu  Buhari  has studied the report of the panel headed by the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, which investigated the suspended Secretary to Government of the Federation(SGF) Babachir David Lawal  and the Director General of National Intelligence  Agency,Ambassador Ayo Oke.

“The president accepted the recommendations of the panel to terminate of Mr. Lawal and has appointed Mr Boss Mustapha as the new Secretary to the Federal Government of Federation. The appointment takes immediate effect.”

“The President also approved the recommendation to terminate the appointment of Ambassador Oke and has further approved the setting up of a three-member panel to among other things look into the operational,technical and administrative structure of the agency and make appropriate recommendations.”