There is indeed a cabal in Buhari’s govt, Kwara APC says

The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, may soon expose the crack in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the Kwara State chapter of the party, on Tuesday, said it supported Saraki’s view that “there is a government within the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.”

The Kwara State chapter of the party, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, also faulted the response from the Presidency through Mr. Femi Adesina.

According to the Kwara APC, what it expected from the Presidency was to embrace introspection and take right steps in the interest of the nation instead of embarking on a futile drive to denounce and dismiss the obvious.

The party in the state, which said doing the right thing in the interest of the nation had become necessary so as to forestall the wrath of Nigerians who are getting weary of excuses for the numerous challenges facing the country,
also accused the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina of trying to create discord between the Prseident and the Senate leadership.

The statement read in part: “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.

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“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 unpresidential 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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