REVEALED! Ajimobi’s daughter, Awolowo’s grandson among Osinbajo’s aides fired by Buhari …VP withdraws sack letters, waits for Buhari’s return

Daughter of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi and one of the grandsons of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo were among the aides of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who were sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Ajibola Ajayi, the daughter of former governor of Oyo state 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.

LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR REGULARISATION OF AREA COUNCIL LAND DOCUMENTS NULLIFIED/CANCELLED BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FCT

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

LIST OF APPLICATIONS FOR REGULARISATION OF AREA COUNCIL LAND DOCUMENTS NULLIFIED/CANCELLED BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF FCT

According to Daily Trust Online, 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.

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

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.”

However, it was gathered that Vice President Osinbajo had retrieved the sack letters from the affected aides “pending the return of the president.”

One of the sources said: “The vice president has retrieved the sack letters from the affected aides. He is unhappy with the development and awaiting the return of the president from the United Kingdom.”

The second source, who also corroborated the retrieval of the letters, said the vice president wanted to know whether the 35 aides were relieved of their appointments on the order of the president.

“I have spoken to one of the affected persons who confirmed that the sack letters have been retrieved by their boss,” he said.

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.