Barely a week after the sacking of Major General Abdullahi Mohammed (rtd.), Chief of Staff to President Musa Yar’Adua, the Principal Staff Secretary in the Presidency, Mr. Steve Orasanya, has been sacked. He is currently preparing his hand over note preparatory to his final departure.

 

Highly placed sources within the presidency told Pointblanknews.com that the sacking of Orasanya, inherited by President Yar’Adua from former president Olusegun Obasanjo is part of the administrations plans to weed out all loyalists and apologists of the former president who is perceived to be wielding an undue influence on the Yar’Adua’s administration that has been battling to define itself.

 

Mr. Orasanya, a former chairman of the Abuja Le Meridien Hotel was hired by former president Obasanjo in 1999 and served throughout the tenure of the former president. He is said to have been the brain behind the crisis that tore former president Obasanjo and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar apart.

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Orasanya, it was alleged had recommended to former president Obasanjo the removal of principal officers working in the office of former Vice-President Abubakar. The officers said to have been affected by the recommendation were, Special Adviser on Economic Matters to the VP, Prof. Mike Kwanashie; Senior. Special Assistant (Programme Monitoring and Speech Writing), Mr. Andrew Okolie; and six special assistants.

 

Others were: Mr. Yima Sen; Mrs. Tokunbo Abiola; Dr. Ardo; Mr. Nat Yeduma; Dr. Ajuyi Ahmed; and Mr. Phil Agbasi.