The presidency has said that contrary to insinuations by the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, President Muhammadu Buhari is not and cannot be anybody’s stooge.
According to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, the claim by Dr. Saraki, “that there is “now a government within the government of President Buhari”, which has allegedly seized the apparatus of Executive powers to pursue a nefarious agenda,” is not only ridiculous but preposterous.
The statement said further that it is not in the character of President Buhari to be anybody’s stooge, stressing that the “claim by Senator Saraki would have been more worth the while, if it had been backed with more information. If he had proceeded to identify those who constitute the “government within the government,” it would have taken the issue beyond the realm of fiction and mere conjecture. But as it stands, the allegation is not even worth the paper on which it was written, as anybody can wake from a troubled sleep, and say anything.
“The Attorney-General of the Federation is the Chief Law Officer of the state. It is within his constitutional powers to determine who has infringed upon the law, and who has not. Pretending to carry an imaginary cross is mere obfuscation, if, indeed, a criminal act has been committed. But we leave the courts to judge.
“To claim that President Buhari is anybody’s stooge is not only ridiculous, but also preposterous. It is not in the character of our President,” the statement concluded.
