The Nigerian Presidency on
Friday, November 3, denied an earlier report that a clash broke out between the
Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita and the Chief
of Staff, Abba Kyari.
Recall that there were reports
that Oyo-Ita confronted Kyari at the Wednesday, October 1 Federal Executive
Council (FEC) meeting, over the leaked memo warning the president against
Abdulrasheed Maina's recall to service.
However, President Buhari's
senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, claimed that no
such clash occurred and chastised the State House correspondents for
'fabricating' the report.
Shehu said the discussion between
Kyari and Oyo-Ita at the FEC could not have been heard by journalists in the
hall and that the two could have been discussing anything else.
He said: “People can debate and
argue over issues, but to suggest that there was a feud, a fight or a clash was
to take matters beyond what they were."
Shehu also said it was a total
lie that the president summoned the two over any clash as both are senior
officers and could see the president at any time.
He said: “Top government
officials of that calibre see the President on a regular basis. To suggest that
they were summoned to see him as a result of a so-called feud is just a
fabrication, a conclusion that is below the level of responsible journalism
that we expect from our State House correspondents."
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