Wike Suspends FCDA Secretary Indefinitely, Keeps Mum on Offence

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By Kolawole Ojebisi

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has suspended, with immediate effect, the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Agency, Shehu Hadi Ahmad, indefinitely.

The decision was made known in a statement issued by Olalere Olayinka, Senior Special Adviser to the Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, on Thursday.

According to the statement, the suspended Executive Secretary has been consequently directed to hand over to the Director of Engineering Services in the FCDA.

Meanwhile, the statement was silent on the circumstances leading to or surrounding the suspension of the secretary as of the time of filing this report.

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