A legal consultant to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Jiti Ogunye, has argued that calls for his principal to resign over the alleged PFIPC scandal are unjustified.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Ogunye maintained that Gbajabiamila had the least official interaction with Prince AdeniyiAdeyemi, the individual at the centre of the controversy compared to other government officials.
According to him, if Gbajabiamila were expected to resign because of the ongoing controversy, several other public officials who had more direct dealings with the individual would also have to step aside.
Ogunye listed the Director-General of the Budget Office, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), and the Accountant-General of the Federation among officials whose offices allegedly had more documented interactions with the individual.
He said available records, including official correspondence and documentation, showed that Gbajabiamila’s office had the least official engagement with the person in question.
The legal consultant questioned why the Chief of Staff had become the focus of calls for resignation, insisting that there was no basis to conclude that his continued stay in office would affect any investigation into the matter.
Ogunye described the focus on Gbajabiamila as “unfortunate,” arguing that officials who processed requests, generated correspondence and had more direct interactions with the individual were in a better position to answer questions arising from the controversy.
He said: ‘This man in the chain of those who dealt with him,
