Full name of the VP aides sacked by the President
Over the week, the president sacked 35 of the 80 aides to the Vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
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.
Below is the full list of the former aides of Osinbajo:
1. Jibola Ajayi – special adviser, legal
2. Lanre Osinbona – senior special assistant, ICT
3. Imeh Okon – senior special assistant, Infrastructure
4. Jide Awolowo – special adviser, oil and gas
5. Lilian Idiaghe- special adviser, research, legal and compliance
6. Arukino Umukoro – special adviser, Niger Delta
7. Bala Liman Mohammed – SSA, Economy
8. Edobor Iyamu – senior special assistant, Niger Delta
9. Dolapo Bright – senior special assistant, agro allied value chain
10. Toyosi Onaolapo special adviser, community engagement
11. Gambo Manzo – special adviser, political
12. Bisi Ogungbemi – SA, political matters
13. Edirin Akemu – senior special assistant, industry, trade & investment
14. Akin Soetan senior technical assistant, economic matters
15. Aondaver Kuttuh – technical assistant, rule of law
16. Ife Adebayo – special adviser, innovation
17. Yussuf Ali – special adviser, power regulations
18. Tola Asekun – senior special assistant, National Boundary Commission
19. Morakinyo Beckley – special adviser, off grid power
20. Yosola Akinbi – senior special assistant, NEC
21. Tochi Nwachukwu – special adviser, power privatisation
22. Bode Gbore – senior special assistant, political
23. Abdulrahman Baffa Yola special adviser, political
24. Kolade Sofola – special adviser, infrastructure
25. Ebi Awosika – senior technical assistant, community engagement
26. Muyiwa Abiodun – senior special assistant, power
27. Forri Samson – Banu special adviser, entrepreneurship
28. Bege Bala – special adviser, BPE
29. Feyishayo Aina – senior special assistant, community engagement
30. Halima Bawa – special adviser, community engagement
31. Nkechi Chukwueke – special adviser, community engagement
32. Ilsa Essien – special adviser, media
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".
© Daily Trust.
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