The
All Progressives Congress in Kwara State on Tuesday backed the claims by
embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki that “there is a government within
the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.”
The party also faulted the President’s response in a statement
by his media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina.
The party made this known in a statement by its state Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari.
Instead of embarking on a “futile drive to denounce and dismiss
the obvious,” the APC in the state said it expected the Presidency to embrace
introspection and take right steps in the interest of the nation.
He also accused Adesina of trying to create discord between the
President and the Senate leadership.
Buhari said, “The statement by Mr. Femi Adesina on behalf of Mr.
President is not only unpresidential, it also failed to convincingly dismiss
the widely held view of Nigerians that, indeed, there is a government within
the government of Mr. President.
“It is instructive to note that the Senate President is not the
first Nigerian to express such observations.
“The Senate President, through the press statement he personally
signed, only called the attention of Mr. President to the danger ahead if the
ugly situation is permitted to fester.
“In fact, the statement by Mr. Adesina is the clearest
indication that a government exists within the government of Mr. President. The
President that we know, the President that we have worked with, the President
that we have worked for, the President that we voted for, would not have
directed his media adviser to issue such an un presidential statement. That
statement is a confirmation of the Senate President’s observation.
“The intention of people like Adesina in the Villa is to create
a discord between Mr. President and the Senate President, but that will never
happen.
“It is the same cabal that embarrassed Mr. President himself by
padding the 2016 national budget, including the budget of Aso Rock, to the
extent of inflating some figures in the Villa expenditures.
“It is the same cabal that has made it nearly impossible for
many ministers and Special Advisers to have access to Mr. President. The
Presidency should be reminded that a cabal hijacked and destroyed the
government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.”
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