The
Presidency has condemned attempts in some quarters to drag the name of
President Muhammadu Buhari into the on-going political saga in Benue
State House of Assembly.
Mr
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and
Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, dissociated the president
from the developments.
Adesina
described as paranoia the statements issued by different interest
groups, insinuating that the president might have a hand in the
developments.
“This
is paranoia at its worst, coming from people who have wittingly
positioned themselves against the clean-up of the country and the way
we do things,’’ he said.
The
presidential aide noted that the allegation was being made against
Buhari when he was attending the ECOWAS/ECCAS Summit in Togo.
He
added that strident attempts were being made to drag Buhari into the
unfolding drama between the executive and the legislature in Benue.
Adesina
said Buhari would never be part of any unconstitutional act and any
attempt to link him with the inglorious past when minority number of
lawmakers impeached governors would not stick.
He
said “It will simply be like water off the duck’s back. Those with open
minds know this, but those who cavil would rather source everything
untoward to the president.
“It is murky ground in which they are now marooned as fallout of their resistance to change in the country.
“When
it suits them, they preach separation of powers and true federalism,
and in another breath, they call on the president to interfere brazenly
in affairs at state level.
“President Buhari will always stand by all that is noble and fair and will reject attempts to drag him into infamy.
“People
who stoke fires by deliberate acts of omission or commission, and then
summon the president to come and put it out will find that this
president will be guided by the Constitution at all times, no matter
the attempt to entangle him in unwarranted controversies.’’
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