Daura’s Dismissal: No Power Tussle Between Buhari, Osinbajo – Presidency

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo were in one accord over the sack of Mr. Lawal Daura as the Director-General of the Department of State Services, [DSS].

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina who made this clearifcation said Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo didn’t act on his own accord.

Feilding question from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, chaired by the Acting President, Adesina said the Presidency was one.

He said: “What we will like to say for the umpteenth time is that the presidency is one.

“Whenever the President is proceeding on vacation he transmits power to the Vice President, who then becomes the acting president.

On this occasion, he also did that.

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“So, the Acting President has all the powers of a president. Now, it’s a matter of decency and we know that the acting President is a decent man; there is no tussle for power, there is no battle between him and the president.

“When something like what happened yesterday will happen, there will be unanimity. There is no way there won’t be unanimity on that kind of decision. It’s not something that will be discussed with the press but know that there was unanimity in the decision.”