Buhari's Ministerial List: Nigeria’s Department Of State Security Screens Odimegwu, Falana, Utomi, Others

A former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Limited, Mr. Festus Odimegwu and a former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, are among the ministerial nominees that have been screened by the Department of State Service, The PUNCHlearnt authoritatively on Sunday.

Those already said to have been screened as nominees for President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet also include a former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola; and a Lagos-lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN).

Also on the list are a former Chief of Army, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazu (retd.); an ex-chief executive of the Federal Inland Revenue, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okaru; a former finance commissioner in Lagos State, Mr. Wale Edun; and a former National Legal Adviser to the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, Abubakar Malami (SAN).

The PUNCH learnt that the screening of the nominees had been concluded on Friday. Buhari had last week at a press briefing in Accra, Ghana, that he would name members of his cabinet this month.

Our correspondents gathered that some of the nominees had appeared before the DSS.

None of the names on the list however confirmed that they had been screened when our correspondents contacted them on Sunday.

It was gathered that they had been instructed not to leak details of their screening to the media.

Source Sahara Reporters





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