Revealed: The Real Reason Why Obazee was Sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari

A presidency source has finally revealed why Mr. Jim Obazee was sacked by the President.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye

 

The real reasons for the sack of former Executive Secretary of Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, Mr. Jim Obazee was revealed yesterday by Presidency sources.

 

It was gathered that Obazee was removed for procedural breaches. A source further revealed that Obazee's removal was based on the advice of the Attorney General of the Federation, but noted that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved his removal before decision of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to step aside as head of RCCG in Nigeria.

 

It was learned in Abuja that contrary to the widely held opinion that Obazee was sacked because he forced Pastor Adeboye to resign, the resignation of the pastor and the removal of the Executive Secretary were mere co-incidence, as Obazee’s sack was to be announced at the same period, whether or not the pastor resigned.

 

The source said: “The sack of Obazee had nothing to do with the decision of the General Overseer of RCCG, Pastor Adeboye to resign, retire, step aside or whatever. It was just a co-incidence.

“Even if Adeboye had not stepped aside, the man (Obazee) was gone. It had absolutely nothing to do with the pastor. The key issue is that there is a procedure for doing things all over the world but he completely ignored it.”

 

The source explained that the code in question had not gone through the entire process before Obazee announced that it was law and must be complied with.

 

According to the source, it should have been approved by the board of the FRCN after due inputs from public hearings, passed to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, who would then present it to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, and obtain the cabinet approval before the FRCN could issue it for compliance.

 

Even at that, the source said the code was not a law but best practice guidelines and that organisations were meant to comply or explain why they won’t comply.