{"id":108977,"date":"2023-10-30T14:53:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108977"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:53:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:53:34","slug":"just-in-tinubu-defends-his-chief-of-staff-gbajabiamila-over-alleged-official-malfeasance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/just-in-tinubu-defends-his-chief-of-staff-gbajabiamila-over-alleged-official-malfeasance\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Tinubu defends his Chief of Staff, Gbajabiamila over alleged official malfeasance\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu on Monday said he has \u201cabsolute confidence\u201d in the integrity of his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. \u2063<br \/>\n\u2063<br \/>\nTinubu said this just before the commencement of this week\u2019s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. \u2063<br \/>\n\u2063<br \/>\nHis comments come just 48 hours after a report emerged that the CoS may be battling an integrity crisis following allegations that he has been \u201ctrading off appointments in the government of President Tinubu to the highest bidder.\u201d \u2063<br \/>\n\u2063<br \/>\nThe report alleged a growing outcry among Tinubu\u2019s loyalists who are insisting that \u201cGbajabiamila is eased out of the Presidential Villa.\u201d\u2063<br \/>\n\u2063<br \/>\nCiting the appointment of 10 Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the report quoted sources who claimed that the name of Ekiti REC was replaced with the name of a former commissioner under the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi.\u2063<br \/>\n\u2063<br \/>\n\u201cAnother source noted that President\u2019s Private Principal Secretary Akeem Okunola, was already doing some of his (Gbajabiamila\u2019s) work\u2026the President was already putting up a team that will help the CoS,\u201d the report said.\u2063<br \/>\n\u2063<br \/>\nBut responding to the allegations, President Tinubu affirmed that \u201cI have absolute confidence in my Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. \u2063<br \/>\n\u2063<br \/>\n\u201cSo, all campaign of calumny, the buck stops here! 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