President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced a probe into the office of the late Chief of Staff Abba Kyari.
According to the report, the investigation may lead to all appointments and approvals made by Kyari without Buhari’s permission being cancelled.
Professor Gambari was recently appointed as replacement to Late Abba Kyari by President Buhari.
Though no reason was given for the president’s action, reports suggested no less than 150 memos that didn’t have his authorisation may have been uncovered.
Sources told The Africa-News that the directive might just be a continuation of the bickering that produced a deep crack within the ranks of the president’s men last February.
The first sign that all was not okay within Buhari’s inner cabinet emerged in December 2019 when National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno wrote a memo to the president alleging interference by Kyari.
He accused the late Kyari of usurping presidential powers and directed service chiefs to ignore instructions by the latter.
The NSA also accused the chief of staff of sidestepping the president’s directive, to impose his own decision for implementation.
Perhaps the most potent of allegations raised against the chief of staff by the NSA at the time was that he had been flagrantly discarding decisions already taken by the president and imposing his own recommendation(s).