Femi Adesina, special adviser to
the president on media and publicity, has described those who asked his
principal not to seek a second term in office as “voodoo priests”.
Some prominent Nigerians,
including ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and former military President Ibrahim
Babangida, had asked President Muhammadu Buhari to step down in 2019 and give
the younger generation a go at the presidency.
But on Monday, Buhari announced
his intention for a second term, while meeting with the national executive
committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Commenting on the announcement,
Adesina said those against Buhari staying in office beyond 2019 were acting
like “they had become emergency referees”.
He said they wanted to stop
Buhari from becoming the greatest leader in the country’s history.
“And then, some voodoo priests
came: don’t run for a second term. Give way to younger people. Take a
well-deserved rest. Blah blah blah. As if they were the beginning and end of
democracy,” Adesina said.
“The motive was simple: we must
dissuade this man from running so that he wouldn’t become the greatest ever
Nigerian leader. He must not become the authentic national hero.
“All types of cards were being
flashed, yellow, green, red, purple, as if they had become emergency referees.
But President Buhari kept his peace. No abuse for abuse, no railing for
railing. When you are in the marketplace, you concentrate on the person you are
transacting a deal with, and ignore the noise of the market.”
He asked other contenders
interested in the presidential race to “run away”, saying “the cat has returned
from a journey, let the rats scamper for safety.”
Adesina, who pledged his support
to Buhari, added that the election will be free and fair, devoid of “wuru-wuru
or mago-mago”.
“I have always said it privately
and in public. If President Muhammadu Buhari decides to run for a second term
in 2019, I would support him,” he said.
“There will be no doomsday, as
the election will be free and fair. No wuru-wuru or mago-mago under Buhari’s
watch, no matter what. A man that swears to his own hurt.
“Nigerians will decide early next
year. The greater the challenge, the sweeter the victory.”
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We shall see who the mockery is at the end of it all
ReplyDeleteAdesina talking blah blah blah deceiving himself because of what he stands to gain if buhaha comes back second term.. May God have mercy on you Adesina
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