The Senate has requested for Bank Verification Numbers of companies linked to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir Lawal, who were contracted for various projects on the rehabilitation of the Internally Displaced Persons.
The Senate Committee on Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East set up by the Senate to probe the alleged mismanagement of funds meant for the IDPs may also re-invite Lawal for questioning.
Speaking to Punch on the level of the probe and final report on Tuesday, an official of the Senate, who is conversant with the inner workings of the committee, said the panel did not want to rely only on the statements of account of the companies.
The source said, “Apart from the statements of accounts submitted to us during the investigative hearings, we have also requested for the Bank Verification Numbers of the companies to authenticate the details of transactions provided to us and for us to know the operators of the accounts.”
The source also said that the contractors engaged for various projects on the rehabilitation of the IDPs would also be summoned by the panel.
It was reliably learnt on Tuesday that the companies to be invited for questioning have been linked with the embattled SGF.
The SGF had denied all the allegations against him, saying what the Senate said was “balderdash.” He said it was an attempt by the senators to malign him.
