Femi Fani-Kayode, a former minister of aviation has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being behind the recent sack of Rex Tillerson, the United States Secretary of State.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, sacked Rex Tillerson as the U.S. Secretary of State, replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
Trump, who made the announcement on his twitter handle, thanked Tillerson for his service and encouraged Pompeo to do a wonderful job. Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the former U.S. Secretary of State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State. He will do a fantastic job! Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service! Gina Haspel will become the new Director of the CIA, and the first woman so chosen. Congratulations to all!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 13, 2018
Tillerson, who has been on a five-day working tour of some African countries, had visited Chad and Kenya on Friday before coming to Nigeria.
Reacting to the sack of Tiller on his Twitter handle, the chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stated that Buhari should be avoided.
If it is not that Buhari has chronic bad luck how is it that within 12 hours of seeing him in Abuja, Rex Tillerson, the American Sec. of State,was removed from office by @realDonaldTrump and replaced with George Pompeio of the CIA?Congrats George!My advice?Steer clear of Buhari!
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 13, 2018
Fani-Kayode wrote: “If it is not that Buhari has chronic bad luck how is it that within 12 hours of seeing him in Abuja, Rex Tillerson, the American Sec. of State,was removed from office by @realDonaldTrump and replaced with George Pompeo of the CIA?
“Congrats George! My advice? Steer clear of Buhari!”
