Chika Onyeani
Wednesday March 4th, 2009
The sale of houses and the fees paid out have now become the bone of contention for Ambassador Rotimi’s defenders. But one thing is clear: officials at the Embassy are horrified and angry that the Ambassador is trying to bastardize their reputation by making available to journalists internal discussions at the Embassy, which could potentially jeopardize their chances of advancing in the service, depending on the prism on which they are viewed and by whom. They are angry because they have no recourse to either refute or confirm the information that Ambassador Rotimi is dishing out to his defenders. They know it is against civil service rules for them to talk to the press as the Ambassador, a political appointee, is doing. They are even more apprehensive of a total cleansing of house: the recall of most of the senior officials there.
