2027: Drama as political appointees make last-minute resignation U-turn
By Sentry The March 31 deadline the Federal government gave political appointees interested in elective offices to tender their resignations ended on a note of drama as some of them
By Sentry
The March 31 deadline the Federal government gave political appointees interested in elective offices to tender their resignations ended on a note of drama as some of them had a last-minute change of mind after initial plans to quit.
Sentry checks revealed, for instance, that in spite of the rebuttal issued by Bolaji Tunji, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on deadline day dismissing media speculations about the minister's resignation as “fake news”, Adelabu had actually wanted to throw in his resignation in pursuit of the governorship seat of Oyo State before he changed his mind.
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The minister was said to have been swayed by speculations that Oyo South Senator Sarafadeen Alli had been anointed by some powerful forces in Oyo State and Abuja. The senator's growing popularity in Oyo was said to have rattled even the state governor, Seyi Makinde, who yesterday named him among Ibadan indigenes that were crowned as chiefs in absentia; a move seen by many as a ploy to force the lawmaker out of the governorship race. Adelabu was indeed hoping to meet with his boss in Abuja to know whether to quit or not. It is not clear if the meeting held.
But while the minister had a change of mind about his governorship ambition without a visit to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, it was not so with a popular former member of the National Assembly whose U-turn was made after taking a resignation letter to the SGF's office.
The very popular ex-lawmaker, whose political appointment was made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently and was well celebrated by friends, family members and acquaintances, did not betray any political ambition while the celebrations lasted. But news went round a few days to the March 31 deadline that the lawmaker had resigned only to realise after consultations that the planned resignation was a real gamble.
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The former lawmaker was said to have been reminded by friends that leaving certainty for uncertainty was a big risk, especially when the job at hand is not under threat, and with the chance to remain in office till May next year and the likelihood of continuing in office if President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wins his re-election bid.
The ex-lawmaker, who exuded confidence during the visit to the SGF's office before wise counsel prevailed turned taciturn thereafter and refused to speak with the media.
To the flamboyant ex-National Assembly member from the Northeast, it is better to tread cautiously.
