FPIC: No legal or factual basis to demand Gbajabiamila's resignation — Jiti Ogunye

By Efe Onodjae

Legal practitioner, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, has argued that the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, should not resign over allegations linked to the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), insisting that such a move would undermine rather than advance justice.

Speaking on Journalists’ Hangout on TVC while commenting on allegations made by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew against the Chief of Staff, Ogunye said there was no legal or factual basis to demand Gbajabiamila’s resignation since he had neither been indicted nor charged with any offence.

According to him, resignation should only come into consideration if it could be shown that the Chief of Staff’s continued stay in office would obstruct investigations or compromise their integrity.

“Why should he resign?” Ogunye asked. “His resignation will be more injurious to the pursuit of justice than his continued occupancy of office, in my view.”