Buhari reveals why he will never join issues with Obasanjo despite criticisms
The
Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina, yesterday revealed why his principal will never join issues with
former president Olusegun Obasanjo despite his criticisms.
After
writing a scathing letter to President Buhari on January 23, advising Buhari
against seeking re-election, Obasanjo on Monday criticised Buhari while
hosting the New Nigeria Group at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library,
Abeokuta, Ogun state, stressing that the president has a “poor understanding”
of the dynamics of internal politics and warned Nigerians against reinforcing
failure by re-electing him in 2019.
Responding
during a telephone conversion with Channels Television, Adesina stated that
Obasanjo was Buhari’s superior in the military, and as such, the president
“will never join issues” with him. The thing I will like us to establish is
that President Muhammadu Buhari will never join issues with former president,
Olusegun Obasanjo”.
“Former
president Obasanjo was his superior in the military. President Buhari was a
minister under his military regime, so president Buhari will never join issues
with him.”
The
presidential spokesman maintained that Obasanjo’s comments are “not different”
from the letter he wrote to Buhari in January, stating that, “what former
president Obasanjo has just said is not different from what he said in his
letter of January 23 and an adequate response has been given to that letter by
the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed.
“The
response that Alhaji Mohammed gave to that letter suffices for whatever
Obasanjo has said. It’s an opinion and the thing about opinions is that they
are free.”
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