The Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was allegedly ‘locked out’ of President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with the National Security Adviser on the orders of the President.
According to top Government source who pleaded anonymity, it was disclosed on Wednesday that Vice-President Osinbajo was refused ‘security clearance’ to attend the meeting as a result of security concerns by the Commander-in-Chief , over what he described as a “very sensitive meeting”, and that it was the thinking of the President that it was too early in the day to bring Vice-President Osinbajo into the President’s first security briefing.
The June 1 meeting with NSA Sambo Dasuki, which lasted for hours, was part of what sources called “debriefing process” and was done behind closed doors in the absence of the Vice-President.
Dasuki remained with the president till after 4pm when he left the Defence House, Daily Trust reports.
Buhari and Vice-President Osinbajo are yet to move into the Presidential Villa, 6 days after their inauguration.
