Power struggle: How Buhari’s letter on Osinbajo was muddled

Fresh facts pointing to a vicious power struggle between political leaders in the Southwest and the famed cabal in the presidency have emerged.

The face-off between the two power blocs according to Saturday Vanguard findings may have been responsible for the controversy that trailed the letter to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari of his medical vacation.

President Buhari had in the letter unusually asserted that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would coordinate the affairs of the government in his absence, a phrase that threw up dissension in the Senate.

Besides, Saturday Vanguard has learnt how Buhari made last minute efforts to reassure the polity hours before he departed for his medical vacation last Sunday.

Though Buhari and Osinbajo are mentioned and cited as pawns in the power struggle between the presidency cabal and the Southwest, Saturday Vanguard, nevertheless confirmed that the two men are tangential and if not, far removed from the aim of the power players who are apparently using the two men to advance their political interests.

Both president and vice-president according to presidency sources have continued to hold unflinching trust in one another despite the machinations of those around them.

The faceoff it was learnt deepened while President Buhari was out on his third medical vacation between January and March when Osinbajo escalated the pace of government.

In that period of acting, when Osinbajo went to different and far out places in the country to bring calm, his efforts were said to have been misinterpreted by some who saw it as an effort in political promotion.
Vanguard, May 13, 2017

 

 

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