Tinubu’s CoS in Trouble

There are rumors that certain supporters of President Bola Tinubu are trying to remove Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila due to charges of appointment-selling.

According to a source who talked with Daily Post, there is a commotion among supporters of Tinubu who are determined to ensure that Gbajabiamila is gradually removed from the Presidential Villa.

 Ten Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were appointed by President Tinubu last week.

The platform claims that the Chief of Staff has substituted the majority of the President’s approved appointment names since Tinubu took office.

According to a trustworthy source, one such instance saw the Ekiti REC’s name being changed to that of a former commissioner serving under Kayode Fayemi, the state’s most recent governor.

The source said, “The REC from Ekiti that he (Gbajabiamila) put there, the man was Fayemi’s former commissioner, that was not the person Asiwaju signed off on. The person Asiwaju signed off on was one Toyin (Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola), the former Legal Adviser of INEC.

“But when the announcement was made, two members of the President’s cabinet met with him to complain that the person they nominated had been changed with another person. The President was infuriated, he said he checked the name of the woman before he signed the list.

“He summoned his CoS, but when he arrived, he was stuttering. The President asked him to bring the list he signed.

“The President said so, what he has been hearing is true that whenever he signs something, it will be changed. The President gave three instances that he signed for something and was changed. He felt bad and gave him the last warning. He directed that the woman’s name must be in the list.”

According to the insider, there was a strategy in place to gradually let Gbajabiamila leave the Villa.The source claims, “This is about the fifth time the CoS has embarrassed the President.” A strategy exists to gradually remove him from Villa by assigning him to an ambassadorial role.According to a different source, part of the CoS’s work was already being completed by President’s Private Principal Secretary (PPS), Akeem Okunola.It was mentioned that the President was already assembling a group to support the CoS.

The source said, “The National Social Investments Programme (NSIP) issue too, that wasn’t the person Asiwaju recommended for the position. Halima Sheu was the one recommended by Asiwaju. Sheu was sacked by Sadiya Farouq, the immediate past Minister of Finance because she was campaigning for us. When she was sacked, Asiwaju promised to return her to the same position or a higher one.

“But the CoS also sold the position again. They had to fight it again before Halima Sheu came back to NSIP. Asiwaju is putting a team together outside CoS to help him with the system because the embarrassment is getting too much. The PPS, Akeem Okunola is already doing some of his work now.”