Presidency said the sack of SSS boss, Daura, by Osinbajo was with the consent of Buhari.
The Presidency has disclosed that the sack of the Director of State Security Service, SSS, Lawal Daura, was with the consent of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, made the disclosure on Wednesday, when he spoke shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Following the siege laid to the National Assembly by operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, on Tuesday, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, sacked the SSS boss, Daura.
But speaking with State House correspondent, Adesina said there was no way such a decision could have been taken without the consent of Buhari.
Adesina said with power having been transferred to Osinbajo as Acting President, he had the power of the president.
His words: “What we will like to say for the umpteenth time is that the presidency is one. Whenever the president is proceeding on vacation, he transmits power to the vice-president, who then becomes the acting president. On this occasion he also did that.
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“So the acting president has all the powers of a president. Now it’s a matter then of decency and we know that the acting president is a decent man, there is no tussle for power, there is no turf battle between him and the president.
“When something like what happened yesterday will happen, there then will be unanimity. There is no way there won’t be unanimity on that kind of decision. It’s not something that will be discussed with the press but know that there was unanimity in the decision.”
