Members of the ‘cabal’ in the
presidency are not hungry individuals and do not deserve the public criticism
they get, a presidential aide has said.
The Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, also said it was improper to
refer to the president’s advisers as a ‘cabal’ and it is not true that they
influence critical decisions of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Mr Shehu made this known while
appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Christmas day.
Many Nigerians including the
First Lady, Aisha Buhari, have said that there is a cabal of people who
influence decisions taken by Mr Buhari and the presidency.
The men said to be members of the
cabal include a relative of the president, Mamman Daura; an associate of the
president, Isa Funtua; and the Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari.
Mrs Buhari has at several
instances accused the men of controlling her husband.
She also recently accused Mr
Shehu of receiving instructions from the cabal to the detriment of her husband
and his immediate family. She asked him to resign or be relieved of his
position.
Mr Shehu has refused to join
words with the first lady but on Wednesday denied that the cabal members have a
sinister motive.
He said contrary to the false
belief that the cabal manipulates the president, ”they are respectable
Nigerians who deserve respect because they have achieved a lot.”
“A lot of people who are being
dragged into this cabal thing, they are respectable Nigerians who have achieved
a lot for themselves and for the nation. They are not there as hungry people
who are there to grab things for themselves,” he said.
He also said Nigerians should not
brand persons close to President Buhari who have offered to serve the nation as
members of a ‘cabal.’
“Nigerians have formed the
practice by labeling people that are in some advisable positions of the
president as a cabal.
“People (cabals) should not be
labelled negatively simply because they have offered themselves to support the
president of this country,” he said.
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