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Buhari approves suspension of Charles Dokubo

Charles Dokubo

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Charles Dokubo.

This was contained in a statement signed by Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina.

Adesina in the statement said this followed numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

The National Security Adviser (NSA) had earlier set up a Caretaker Committee to look into the activities of the programme, on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Part of the Committee’s task was to ensure that allocated resources are properly utilised in consonance with government’s objective of alleviating problems in the Niger Delta region, and stamping out corruption in the Amnesty Programme.

The statement noted that “Consequently, the NSA recommended to Mr President that the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo be suspended, a recommendation that has been approved and which takes immediate effect.

The President has also directed that the Caretaker Committee set up to review the programme should oversee the running of the programme henceforth, with a view to ensuring that government objectives are achieved,” it said.