Former Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has called for the suspension of Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, describing him as the “number one suspect” in the matter.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, Dalung argued that no meaningful investigation could be conducted without first scrutinising the office of the Chief of Staff.
“Anybody who is not looking at the Chief of Staff to the President as a prime suspect is complicit in the entire transaction and needs to be investigated,” Dalung said.
He added: “The Chief of Staff, who is the ear and the eyes of the President, the gatekeeper, and the first contact point with the office of the President, should, by this time, have been suspended before any other investigation because they are not going to make any headway without him.”
The former minister questioned how businessman Adeyemi Matthew allegedly gained access to the Presidential Villa, insisting that entry into the seat of government is tightly controlled.
