The Presidency says President
Muhammadu Buhari is truly uncompromising, but only when it comes to looting the
common patrimony of Nigerians, and squandering their riches.
The President’s Special Adviser
on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, stated this in a statement in Abuja on
Wednesday while reacting to an allegation leveled against Buhari by former Vice
President, Atiku Abubakar.
Abubakar, was quoted by a foreign
news medium as accusing President Buhari of being “very uncompromising, also
power drunk; (and) who will not be ready to leave power without a fight.’’
But Adesina said: “Rather than
use the name of President Buhari to buoy his bid to get the presidential ticket
of a party, whose flag has been flying at half-mast since it got roundly
trounced at the polls in 2015, the former Vice President needs be told that the
President is truly uncompromising, but only when it comes to looting the common
patrimony of Nigerians, and squandering their riches.
“President Buhari is
uncompromising in the quest to restore probity and accountability to public
office.
“He is uncompromising in cleaning
the rot Nigeria was consigned into pre-2015, thus the war against corruption is
being fought without fear or favour.
“The President is equally
resolute in the determination to ensure that Nigeria is no longer a
mono-economy, depending only on oil.
“Yes, President Buhari is
single-minded in effecting change in every area of Nigerian life. So, Alhaji
Abubakar is right, if that was what he meant by the President being
“uncompromising.’’
The presidential aide said it was
also wrong for the former vice-president to accuse President Buhari of being
power drunk and not ready to leave power without a fight.
According to him, President
Buhari, though a retired military general, has demonstrated in many ways that
he is a committed democrat, and has no apologies about that.
“But power drunk? No! And being a
man “who will not be ready to leave power without a fight?” Never! Not
President Buhari, who has demonstrated in many ways that he is a committed
democrat, though also a retired military general. He has no apologies about
that,’’ he said.
Adesina noted that President
Buhari through a sterling military career, had served Nigeria with his `heart
and might’, before venturing into partisan politics.
He further observed that the
President had wielded power with decency to serve the people, rather than for
personal ends.
“If there’s one person not
intoxicated by power, it is President Buhari, and scores of millions of
Nigerians know this.
“That is why they will invest him
with power again next year, knowing that he won’t misuse or misapply what has
been entrusted to him.
“Former VP Abubakar may want to
borrow a leaf from the decorous language employed by Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo, in answering his recent press statement on the restructuring debate.
“That is the hallmark of
statesmen, and not crying wolf where none exists, which is what the allegation
of being uncompromising and power drunk truly is.
“President Buhari is actuated by
service to country, and nothing else. So, there couldn’t be anything like “not
ready to leave power without a fight.”
According to Adesina, the
insinuation of a fight is the mindset of a man who is either undemocratic, or
has seen defeat staring him, and his party, in the face.
He, therefore, assured the former
Vice President that there would be no ‘fight’ over power in Nigeria, and “Not
under President Buhari’s watch.
“The people don’t want a fight.
It is some political leaders we must beseech to eschew pugnacity, and mind
their language.’’
mr adesena you are not given GOD the grace and your are not praising Nigerians for the change of heart ,you are not even praising the ruling party , but you take all the credits to one person, that means you yourself don't qualify for any thing in this country only a yes sir man to keep your job, buhari in person does not steal that is a good reputation of the army as the were train ,but you and the cabal that surround him are the problem of this nation,
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