For about ten minutes on
Wednesday morning, top
government functionaries watched
a confrontation in Aso Rock
between head of the service of the
federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita and
Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the
president.
The “fight” took place right inside
the council chambers of the
presidential villa.
According to The Cable, the reason
is a no-brainer — a letter written
by Oyo-Ita indicting President
Buhari in the reinstatement of
Abdulrasheed Maina somehow
found its way to the media.
In the memo addressed to Kyari,
Oyo-Ita maintained that the
president knew about the
reinstatement of Maina and that she
warned him there would be a public
backlash.
But who leaked the memo to the
media?
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and
Kyari were seen questioning Oyo-Ita
at 10.55am — just before the
swearing-in of Boss Mustapha as
secretary to the government of the
federation (SGF) and the launch of
the 2018 armed forces emblem.
Oyo-Ita, usually calm, was seen
angrily gesticulating in the heated
argument with Kyari.
She returned to her seat and angrily
stood up again, this time heading
straight to Osinbajo, who also had a
brief discussion with her.
Babagana Monguno, retired major-
general and national security
adviser, then joined the
conversation.
Mustapha, meanwhile, started his
job as SGF as a peace maker by
trying to calm Oyo-Ita.
Finally, Femi Ipaye, the deputy chief
of staff, asked Oyo-Ita to return to
her seat as the scene attracted the
attention of everybody in the
chambers. She promptly did.
Those in the chambers included
Senate President Bukola Saraki,
Speaker Yakubu Dogara, CJN Walter
Onnoghen, APC chairman, John
Odigie-Oyegun, Governor Jibrila
Bindu.
Also present was the chief of
defence staff, service chiefs, the
inspector general of police and
heads of paramilitary services.
Recall that Maina’s secret
reinstatement had generated
widespread anger across Nigeria.
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