How Wale Edun lost out to the Chagourys and finally bit the dust

THE INSIDER: How Wale Edun lost out to the Chagourys and finally bit the dust

President Bola Tinubu publicly wished several Nigerians a happy birthday this week — including Stella Okotete, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Shola Oshunkeye, and Orji Uzor Kalu. Conspicuously missing from… pic.twitter.com/cdZom2z75E

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THE INSIDER: How Wale Edun lost out to the Chagourys and finally bit the dust

President Bola Tinubu publicly wished several Nigerians a happy birthday this week — including Stella Okotete, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Shola Oshunkeye, and Orji Uzor Kalu. Conspicuously missing from his list was Wale Edun, his minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy who clocked the landmark 70 on April 20.

A day later, he fired Edun from his cabinet.

But many Aso Rock insiders were not surprised by the turn of events — it was always coming.

“The president asked Edun to leave honourably in October last year but he lobbied to keep his position,” an insider told TheCable. “Although he stayed back, the president told his aides: ‘As far as I am concerned, I have done send-off for Wale already.’ But for some reason, Edun managed to hang on.”