Atiku Aide Calls for Gbajabiamila's Sack or Prosecution Over Alleged Appointment Scandal
Demola Olarenwaju, senior political assistant to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and now aide to the ADC presidential candidate, has called for the sacking or prosecution of Femi Gbajabiamila following allegations of an appointment-for-cash scandal that surfaced this week. The controversy began when Adeniyi Matthew, who described himself as Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, claimed that Gbajabiamila demanded N27.4 billion from a take-off grant connected to his agency and allegedly collected N400 million through intermediaries in exchange for the appointment. Those are serious, specific allegations. And then the Presidency responded in a way that probably created more questions than it answered. Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency's spokesman, issued a rebuttal on Wednesday stating that the administration was unaware of the accuser and unaware of the alleged agency he claimed to head. Think about that for a second. If the Presidential Foreign...
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