Femi Adesina, media adviser to President
Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that his principal personally rejected the motion
to endorse him for 2019 during the National
Executive Committee (NEC) meeting
of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This is contained in an article he release on
Friday titled, ‘PMB: Just like the mills of the gods’.
Adesina lamented how the media made it look as
though Buhari was embarrassed at the meeting.
He insisted that it was Buhari himself who
signalled to those in attendance that the meeting should not talk about his
2019 ambition.
Adesina wrote: “I was there (APC NEC meeting).
The atmosphere was friendly, almost convivial. At a point, someone moved a
motion of confidence in the Buhari administration.
“The seconder, a former state governor, added
to the motion, seeking an endorsement of the President as candidate for second
term in 2019. As he raised the motion, I saw the President gesturing, with his
two palms downwards.
“The gesture meant, please, cool down, not
now. This is premature. And the National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,
weighed in, accepting the motion of confidence, and deferring the one on
automatic candidacy. Everyone was satisfied.
“You can imagine my consternation the next
day, when I saw the newspaper headlines. It was as if some of them were
reporting a meeting held in outer space.
“They said a bid by governors to get automatic
ticket for the President had failed. One newspaper exulted: “Govs’ bid to get
automatic 2019 ticket for Buhari fails.’ Pure fiction. Concocted story. It
never happened the way the newspaper had conjured.
“And it was the President himself who had
dissuaded those who made the move, by his gesture. Hate news seems to have
crept into the polity, and otherwise credible newspapers have eaten the
forbidden apple.
“Under President Buhari, for Nigeria, the
storm will pass (and is, indeed, passing), and the spring will come. The mills
of the gods grind slowly, but exceedingly finely. I believe. What about you?”
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