The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HSOF), has denied the purported resignation of the Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, following allegations of abuse of office.
The news of the resignation of Oyo-Ita had spread through the social media on Monday for financial misconduct to the tune of about N3 billion. This comes after she was alleged to have been interrogated and her passport seized by personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC).
Although none of these has been confirmed by both the Anti-Graft agency, who were said to have allegedly traced the sum of N600 million to an account linked to her aide but the Head of Service denied any wrongdoing, stating that the sum was death benefit of staff domiciled in a private account.
The financial misconducts which were alleged to be among others include alleged stealing of government funds and abuse of Duty Tour Allowance, DTA, were troubling enough for the federal government to have demanded her resignation within seven days. Although she is hospitalized having complained of being ill, sources said security operatives had been deployed to monitor her movement in the Abuja hospital.
However, Director of Press, Office of the Head of Service of the federation, Mrs Abosede Ogunmosunle denied knowledge of the purported resignation.
Ogunmosunle said: “resignation, if becomes necessary would not be done in secret’. “I am not aware of any resignation. It is better to ignore some of these reports flying about without verifications. Resignation is not something to be done in secret. If a resignation is to be done, the press will be duly informed and carried along,” she said.