Politics
My Foes Used NYSC Certificate Saga To Drive Me Out of Buhari Govt – Adeosun
Former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said her resignation from the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari was triggered by the actions of what she described as “powerful enemies” within government.
Speaking on Inside Sources on Channels Television, Adeosun explained that the controversy surrounding her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate was exploited by influential figures who wanted her out of office.
Adeosun stepped down in 2018 after allegations surfaced that the NYSC certificate she submitted as part of her official records was forged.
According to her, once the issue emerged, she personally informed President Buhari and made it clear that she intended to pursue legal action against the federal government to clear her name.
She said remaining in the cabinet while suing the government would have been inappropriate, leaving resignation as the only option.
“I had powerful enemies who saw an opening and decided it was time to get rid of me,” she said.
Adeosun noted that her decision to resign was not taken lightly, stressing that she was the only finance minister under the administration to step down voluntarily.
“The day I resigned, I went straight to the president and told him I needed to leave, but I would go to court to defend my name,” she recalled.
She said Buhari supported her decision, advising that protecting one’s name and legacy was more important than holding on to public office.
According to Adeosun, pursuing a lawsuit against the government while still serving as a minister would have been unethical.
“You can’t be suing the government and remain in government at the same time,” she said. “Stepping aside was the right thing to do.”
Edo North senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has playfully called out Senate President Godswill Akpabio for breaching truce over ‘massaging women’s legs’ comment.
At plenary on Thursday, Oshiomhole said he signed a truce of no more hostilities, stating that Akpabio breached the agreement by reverting to previous matters.
DAILY POST reports that Akpabio had mocked Oshiomhole over the viral video allegedly showing him massaging a woman’s leg aboard a private jet.
The Senate President stated that the Senate initially ignored the footage because it was suspected to have been generated using artificial intelligence, AI.
Recall that a video which surfaced on X on February 3, 2026, sparked widespread reactions after it allegedly showed the former Edo State governor massaging a woman’s leg inside a private jet, days later the lawmaker debunked the video stating that it was AI.
Joking over it at the plenary, Oshiomhole said, “I want to report to this house that the senate president and I we signed a truce of no more hostilities and senate president breach the truce by reverting to previous matter, the truce stands, you should not violate, I will not violate.”
Responding, Akpabio said, “Let me first of all apologize to Oshiomhole if whatever I said could in any way injure him or feel offended.”
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Members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, have taken over the secretariat of the party in Oyo State.
The secretariat, located in the Molete area of Ibadan, was in the custody of the faction loyal to Governor Seyi Makinde of the state until Thursday when the members loyal to Wike took over the premises.
DAILY POST gathered that the PDP members stormed the secretariat on Thursday and occupied the premises with hundreds of members of the party in attendance.
PDP chairman in the state, Professor Abdulrahman Akinoso, confirmed the development to DAILY POST.
Akinoso in a telephone conversation with DAILY POST on Thursday, insisted that the real owners have taken over the premises.
He said, “It is true. It is not faction. It is PDP. We have taken over the premises. It was in the morning. We were there in the morning. We just left the premises. We are now in control. We have taken over the premises.” .…For more, Complete your reading.
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