A state governor is said to be behind alleged plot to defame Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on account of his sacking of six director of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), an agency he is management board’s chairman.
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Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recommended the directors for dismissal over alleged N2.5b fraud. Sequel to the sack, the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness commenced an investigation into the activities of NEMA since 2017, an exercise the presidency alleged was targeted at Prof. Osinbajo, after the committee invited him, an invitation he didn’t honour.
The same presidency. The Nation claimed. has uncovered a plot to mobilise Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to stage a phony protest to the National Assembly against the NEMA board, which the Vice President heads.
The paper alleged that a state governor was orchestrating the plot adding that the unnamed governor fell out with Osinbajo on account of the composition of NEMA board, which has two members he bore grudges with.
“The forces against the Osinbajo-led board are being coordinated by a governor whose interest is to rubbish the VP ahead of 2019 poll.
“The governor was uncomfortable with the composition of NEMA board and he felt one or two members, allegedly opposed to him, should not be on board.
“Osinbajo has however refused to bow to pressure from the governor to drop the affected NEMA members…They have paid some agents that will coordinate the protest in Abuja. But the Federal Government is probing those behind this protest,” the publication quoted an anonymous presidency source as saying.
