BREAKING: Buhari Fires Dokubo, Appoints Interim Administrator For Amnesty Programme

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the suspended chairman and coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof Charles Dokubo.

The President also approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme.

The appointment takes effect from August 21, 2020.

BIGPEN recalls Buhari had in February suspended the former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, following numerous allegations of fraud and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

The president, had in that statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, further stated that the NSA has set up a Caretaker Committee to look into the activities of the programme, on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Following the suspension of Dokubo, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, had set up a technical committee to oversee the activities of the programme.

But in another statement released on Thursday, August 27, 2020, the President’s Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that the President has approved the disengagement of Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo from Office as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme with immediate effect.

“Prof. Dokubo has been directed to hand over all official matters to the most senior officer of the Programme”, the statement reads.

President Buhari, in the statement, appreciated the services of Prof. Dokubo to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and wished him the best in his future endeavours.