Babachir Lawal, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, has exposed a severe institutional breakdown within the presidency involving Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila and the criminal trial of fake agency mastermind Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi.
According to a video posted on the official YouTube channel of Arise News on Monday, July 6, 2026, while analyzing the extraordinary administrative scandal rocking the federal capital, he stated, “if he bought the appointment as a business, that is what gives him the courage to say he’s not going to part with 48% of the profits he’s going to make.”
The veteran politician added that if the formal bureaucracy failed to raise flags early on, the Chief of Staff only went public with the fraud allegations because internal governmental verification procedures were completely sidelined or never initiated.
Lawal insisted that the current systemic failure suggests widespread institutional compromise rather than a routine oversight, pointing out that an unestablished council managed to secure official bank access codes and state recognition through powerful internal collaborators.
He expressed shock over how a multi-billion Naira take-off allocation could be actively discussed or processed for a fictitious entity, noting that the explosive case has exposed deep rivalries over illicit financial sharing formulas within the government.
The ongoing court trial must thoroughly unravel the criminal elements of this complex administrative conspiracy, as ordinary citizens demand absolute transparency regarding rumors of high-ranking individuals buying public offices for hundreds of millions on the streets.
In his concluding remarks, Lawal asserted that the presidency must urgently look beyond the regular criminal trial and launch an independent judicial inquiry to fully purge the entire civil service engine room of deeply rooted transactional corruption…See More
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