A very close aide of President
Muhammadu Buhari, who is alleged to be the head of the cabals in the Presidency
was involved in a “shouting march” with a top Federal Government official over
the sudden “disengagement” of some aides of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo.
It was gathered that the
affected aides were sacked “outside the directive” of Buhari who is currently
on a private visit in London.
Recall that reports have it that
Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari allegedly relieved some aides attached to
Osinbajo in a bid to reduce the influence of the Vice President.
It was also gathered that the
current move being masterminded by an alleged top aide of the President was a
knee-jerk reaction to weekend’s perceived vote of confidence passed on the
embattled Vice President by the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk Umar.
An informed source hinted that
while the President had already “personally approved the appointment of all the
35 aides reportedly disengaged, he had also instructed their deployment to
other ministries as part of a reorganization of the presidency proposed to him
by the same top aide, who is seen to be engaging Osinbajo in a power tussle.
“While the Emir of Daura, His
Royal Highness, Alhaji Umar Faruk Umar had spoken so highly of Osinbajo at the
installation ceremony of the President’s cousin, Musa Haro as the new
Dan-Madamin of Daura last Saturday, the top aide to the President was present
and was pissed.
“The Emir’s effusive praise of
Osinbajo at the event on his loyalty to the president and commitment to project
Nigeria was seen as a deliberate attempt by the Emir to smite the so-called
head of Aso Villa cabal and rubbish all they have been doing to curtail and
humiliate the VP in an attempt to orchestrate a tussle between the President
and his Vice,” the source said.
The source stated that Buhari had
approved Osinbajo’s aides to stay in the Presidential Villa and those to be
posted to Ministries before travelling out of Nigeria.
“The President had already
approved all the aides of the VP and stipulated those to be in the villa, and
those to be in the ministries. But by Monday, two days after the Emir of Daura
praised the Vice President’s loyalty and service, the top aide, behind this
whole problem ensured that all the aides deployed to the ministries should be
disengaged.
“He, however, exempted those sent
to the new ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social
Development,” he said.
It was also learnt that the top
government functionary was told it was the President who made the decision to
relieve the aides, thereby, causing confusion and raising doubts about such a
claim, since it was the same President that approved all the presidential aides
in the office of the Vice President before traveling.
Checks, however, revealed that
official correspondence from the President’s office specified that Buhari had
approved all his deployments only a few weeks ago.
However, Osinbajo’s aides were
forcefully fired after a shouting march between the highly placed Federal
Government official and Buhari’s senior aide on claims that “it was what the
President wanted,” even as there was no proof to such a claim.
Speaking last
night, another informed source said: “It was the public admonition by the Emir
that infuriated the cabal. The buzz within government circle now is how an aide
could possibly pervert a presidential decision that is written in black and
white.”
Sources close to the President
also expressed concern that this development with the news of the alleged sack
of some of the Vice President’s aides might worry Buhari who had warned that
some of the recent changes that affected Osinbajo’s role are not misunderstood
or used to embarrass him, ( the President), in the perception of the Nigerian
public.
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