Barely 48 hours after a report emerged that the Chief of Staff (CoS), Femi Gbajabiamila, may be battling an integrity crisis following allegations that he has been trading off appointments in the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the highest bidder, the President yesterday declared that he has absolute confidence in the integrity of his CoS.
Tinubu made this known yesterday, just before this weeks Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The report had alleged a growing outcry among Tinubus loyalists, who insist that Gbajabiamila is eased out of the Presidential Villa.?
Citing the appointment of 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 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.
The alleged report said: Another source noted that Presidents Private Principal Secretary, Akeem Okunola, was already doing some of his (Gbajabiamilas) workthe President was already putting up a team that will help the CoS.
But responding to the allegations, President Tinubu affirmed that: I have absolute confidence in my Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. So, all campaigns of calumny, the buck stops here! If I make mistakes, Ill 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.
