The Nigerian Presidency has confirmed that Chief Mike Oghiadome, the Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan has left the cabinet.
Reuben Abati, spokesperson to President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed that Oghiadome turned in a resignation letter contrary to earlier reports indicating that the former Deputy Governor of Edo State may have been forced out of his job due to unfavourable security reports.
There were also speculations that Oghiadome may have been asked to turn in his resignation letter over his alleged involvement in the swirling financial scandal involving the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
Abati however denied this when he spoke to reporters.
he said the COS quit his job to pursue his political interest: “Nothing extensive to say other than to confirm that the chief of staff has resigned his appointment and it has nothing to do with the speculation that one online medium has tried to put out.The president received the letter today which is titled letter of resignation and it says he wishes to pursue other political necessities in our great party.”
He added that Oghiadhome’s resignation is in tune with earlier directive of President Jonathan to members of his cabinet who have political ambitions.
There have been speculations in the past few months that some officials of the presidency are putting pressure on the President to sack Oghiadome and replace him with a prominent media mogul who is very close to former military dictator, General Ibrahim Babangida.
The media mogul who is also from Edo State, they argued also has extensive contacts across the Northern part of Nigeria and will be useful in help to galvanise support for the President in the region ahead of the 2015 election.
The media mogul was recently named as the brain behind the compilation of names of prominent Northerners that can be be induced to support President Jonathan’s 2015 ambition.....culled from pmnews
*So,lets keep our fingers crossed and see who the replacement will be...if it is the whispered media mogul,then there was no resignation.....as simple as ABC .
He simply resigned for political reasons, he is interested in joining the winning party come 2015.
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