Buhari summons Head of Service, Chief of Staff over argument on Maina

In the aftermath of the row between the Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, and the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari on the sidelines of the Federal Executive Council meeting yesterday, president Buhari has summoned them both to answer pertinent questions on the issue.

The fierce crossfire between Kyari and Oyo-Ita, which occurred shortly before the Federal Executive Council meeting, was believed to have been caused by the leaked memo, which Oyo-Ita sent to Kyari on the controversial reinstatement and posting of the embattled former chairman of the Pension Reforms Commission, Abdulrasheed Maina.

A source at the meeting said Kyari accused Oyo-Ita of leaking the memo, which she wrote to the CoS on the reinstatement of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina into the Civil Service.

In the memo, which was exclusively published by The PUNCH on Tuesday, Oyo-Ita said that she warned the President against asking Maina to return to the civil service, saying doing so could affect the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government.