Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says Nigerians are
more attracted to President Muhammadu Buhari than first republic leaders like
Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo.
In an article on Thursday entitled, ‘The Essential Buhari:
VP Osinbajo got it!’, Adesina said he has not seen any Nigerian leader that has
a popular appeal like Buhari.
The spokesman said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo was right to
have described him as “the most popular Nigerian politician that we ever had in
this generation”.
“Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is an honest man. Whatever he
tells you, please take it serious,” he said.
“When he said Buhari was possibly Nigeria’s most popular
politician that we have had in generations, I believe it, not just by the hearing
of the ear, but because my eyes have seen it.
“I am old enough to have seen our colorful and even
swashbuckling politicians in action. I have seen the great Obafemi Awolowo. The
charismatic Nnamdi Azikiwe (Zik of Africa). Shehu Shagari. Aminu Kano. M.K.O
Abiola. Bashir Tofa, and many others in action.
“But I have not seen anyone with the kind of attraction,
magnetic pull, that Muhammadu Buhari has. And that is round the country, north
and south. People swarm around him as bees do to honey.
“I have been around the country with the President. I have
also been to several countries of the world with him. I have not seen any other
Nigerian leader, past or present, with his kind of allure, pull, fascination,
magnetism.”
Asesina said Buhari is a man that wants to serve and not be
served.
“The virulent opposition we see in the land can only be
self-serving, an odious attempt to grab power for power’s sake. I’ll rather
follow an honest man, for the sake of our country,” he said.
“One more thing. The VP also told his London audience that
we are better off as one people, one country.
“One hopes those beating the drums of discord, evil speech
and dismemberment are listening. Nigeria is stronger, better off as one united
entity.
“Issues we have can always be resolved, without breaking
into splinters. That is the only way the labour of our heroes’ past shall never
be in vain.”
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