Nigeria’s President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, stated that he has “absolute confidence” in the integrity of his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, right before the start of this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa’s Council Chamber in Abuja.
His remarks came barely 48 hours after a report surfaced that the CoS may be facing an integrity crisis as a result of claims that he has been “trading off appointments in President Tinubu’s government to the highest bidder.”
According to the source, there is a growing clamour among Tinubu’s supporters who want “Gbajabiamila eased out of the Presidential Villa.”
Citing the appointment of 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the report quoted sources who claimed that the name of Ekiti REC was replaced with the name of a former commissioner under the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi.
“Another source noted that President’s Private Principal Secretary Akeem Okunola, was already doing some of his (Gbajabiamila’s) work…the President was already putting up a team that will help the CoS,” the report said.
But responding to the allegations, President Tinubu affirmed that “I have absolute confidence in my Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila.
“So, all campaign of calumny, the buck stops here! If I make mistakes, I’ll own up to them.
“Like everyone in the country, I make mistakes. And when I make mistakes, I iron them out and correct them. Perfection is of God Almighty.”
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