Board members say they never endorsed a letter by the Board Chairman, Tonye Clinton Jaja, seeking removal of the Director-General, John Asein.
In a memo obtained by PRNigeria, the board members told Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, that the chairman’s action was in bad taste. “By stating that three out of four members of the Board has recommended the Director General’s suspension, the Chairman is being economical with the truth, giving his Excellency the impression that a majority of members of the Governing Board of the Commission had taken the decision to suspend the Director-General of the Commission. This is barefaced falsehood,” it read.