Daily Trust Online has exclusively obtained names and portfolios of some of the aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who were sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The crisis rocking the presidency yesterday worsened as Buhari sacked 35 aides of Osinbajo, Daily Trust reports.

Prominent on the list of the affected aides is Ajibola Ajayi, the daughter of former governor of Oyo state, Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi.
She was appointed Special Assistant, Legal to the President (VP’s office) in August 2019. She was a former SA to the President on Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE (VP’s office) from October 2015 to May 2019.

Also on the list are Lanre Osinbona, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on ICT; Imeh Okon, SSA on Infrastructure; Jide Awolowo, SA, Oil & Gas; Gambo Manzo, SA Political and Edobor Iyamu, SSA, Niger Delta.

But the presidency also yesterday insisted that there was no rift between the president and his embattled deputy.

Multiple presidency sources confirmed the sack of the aides of the vice president, heightening the tension in the country’s seat of power amidst insinuations that the unfolding drama was about the 2023 presidential election.

The vice president reportedly had over 80 aides who were deployed in many strategic positions, with sources around the corridors of power saying the recent attention around the vice president was aimed at reducing his influence, just as it happened to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar shortly after ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo won a second term.

A presidency source said letters relieving the aides of the vice president of their appointments were issued to those affected yesterday.

Daily Trust gathered that the affected aides were attached to different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). One of the sources, who sought anonymity said: “The letters were distributed to the affected aides through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. They were not working within the precinct of the presidential villa.”

President Buhari, who is on a 15-day private visit to the United Kingdom, is expected back home on November 17.

It was also gathered that access tags to the presidential villa of some of the aides of the vice president were retrieved yesterday by security personnel attached to the villa.

Another report, however, suggested that the action was taken to prevent the aides from being redundant as some of the jobs being undertaken by them were no longer under the control of the vice president.

Contacted separately, the Senior Special Assistants to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu and Mr Laolu Akande who normally spoke on behalf of the vice president, neither confirmed nor dismissed the reported sack of the 35 aides.

A text message sent to our correspondent by Shehu reads: “The SGF has responsibility for the issuance of letters of appointment, and where the need arises, sack letters as well. Please meet him with your questions.” For his part, Akande said, “I just heard it just like anybody. But I’m going to find out what is happening.”

profstar:
I predicted this before 2015 election
See below

https://www.nairaland.com/2161688/prediction-pastor-osinbajos-future

Monogamy:
When SGF office has denied issuing any letter..

The media also follow join same way they were forced to retract news the other time.

Indeed, we need social media regulator

MelesZenawi:
95% Yorubas on the list.


Vice president is not really different from Buhari on championing his ethnic course.

Look at the list of aides to vice president of a country dominated by one ethnic group.

So both him and his master are birds of same feathers.

So from today if you blaming buhari from sidelining other , Osibanjo is also doing the same.

He promotes his own oligarchy.


What a country...

plaindealer:



It doesn't matter what the news and the story is about, all Igbos see is tribalism, bigotry and bitterness... You people no dey taya sha..

writetopoker:
I don't feel sorry for Osinbanjo, he is a typical Yoruba man, either they are cowards or betrayals. in Osinbanjo's case he is both

MelesZenawi:



The list is there for you to see.

No long story.

plaindealer:


Typical example and result when kids are raised with hatred, bigotry, tribalism and bitterness.

How sad

plaindealer:


Sane and right-thinking people don't subscribe to fake news, unverified and unsubstantiated rubbish, only Igbos do..

MelesZenawi:
95% Yorubas on the list


Vice president is not really different from Buhari on championing his ethnic course

Look at the list of aides to vice president of a country dominated by one ethnic group

So both him and his master are birds of same feathers

So from today if you blaming buhari from sidelining other , Osibanjo is also doing the same

He promotes his own oligarchy.


What a country...

MelesZenawi:


But when daily trust wrote that Wike demolished trucks, you agreed.

So na the same newspaper so is real.


Osibanjo no try...see names

Same thing we accuse buhari of.