A new report has revealed the reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari fired his chief security officer (CSO), Abdulrahman Mani.
A recent report has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari fired his chief security officer (CSO), Abdulrahman Mani.
The Cable reports that Mani was fired over what presidential sources described as 'shady deals' in fixing appointments and for 'undermining' the president.
Mani was accussed of committing various misdemeanours, among which was a recent discovery that he was actually the one who leaked President Buhari’s itinerary to Diezani Alison-Madueke when he travelled to London in May.
The ex minister of petroleum had surprisingly travelled on the same British Airways flight with the president, sitting in the same cabin and right behind the then president-elect. It was reported that she normally flew private jets in and outside the country and her presence on the flight was not considered a coincidence.
It was also alleged that she wanted to curry the favour of the president following a series of allegations of corruption against her, although her aides in statements denied the claim, maintaining that she was on a private trip for her son’s graduation.
The revealing report further states that Mani has been actively undermining the president, working against every value the president upholds and conducting himself in such a manner as to suggest that he is out to pull down the president.
It can be recalled that Mani was appointed Buhari’s CSO after the presidential election in March, although he had been organising security for Buhari before then.
The president also fired Widi Liman, his administrative officer, who was said to be hand-in-gloves with Mani in turning securing appointments with the president into a 'business venture'.
The president's new CSO is now Bashir Abubakar, while Mani has been redeployed to Ebonyi state.