{"id":767417,"date":"2019-12-18T11:32:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/unlike-many-former-nigerian-leaders-buhari-is-not-a-thief-adesina\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:32:23","slug":"unlike-many-former-nigerian-leaders-buhari-is-not-a-thief-adesina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/unlike-many-former-nigerian-leaders-buhari-is-not-a-thief-adesina\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlike Many Former Nigerian Leaders, Buhari Is Not A Thief: Adesina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_642501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-642501\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-642501\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/femi-adesina-reveals-what-buhari-will-do-instead-of-rigging-2019-presidential-election.jpg\" alt=\"Buhari, Adesina\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-642501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhammadu Buhari and Femi Adesina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s spokesperson, Femi Adesina has said unlike many former leaders of the country, his principal is not a thief.<\/p>\n<p>He added also that the country would have been better had Buhari\u2019s military regime lasted longer than it did.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential aide made this known in an article in which he celebrated Buhari\u2019s birthday on Tuesday which he shared on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina said that Buhari\u2019s regime led Nigeria on the right path \u201ctill forces of reaction struck, and we were back to worse than square one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have said it before, and I say it again. I have followed Buhari since he was a military ruler, when I was an undergraduate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if that regime had lasted for longer, Nigeria would not be in the doldrums that she found herself. It was a tough administration, but which was leading us on the right path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could imagine my joy when Buhari eventually emerged civilian President after 12 years of struggle. I didn\u2019t think I was going to ever serve in government, but I found myself in it. Just because it was Buhari.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>I Will Not Allow Buhari Plunge Nigeria Into Slavery: Atiku<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adesina added that he remains a \u201cdyed-in-the-wool Buharist\u201d irrespective of what others see as \u201cfoibles and failings of the administration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said unlike \u201cmany past leaders,\u201d the president is not a thief, adding: \u201cWe know people who were worth only thousands when they got into leadership positions in this country, but they came out in obscene wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Buhari\u2019s fight against corruption, Adesina said, \u201cNo matter who you are, however close you can be to him, when it comes to corruption, this President speaks up for no one. That is why the anti-corruption agencies are making conquests. He tele-guides them in no way. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf all the information you consume is from social media, and the critical segment of the traditional media, you will likely miss the correct pulse of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buhari was Nigeria\u2019s military head of state from 1983 to 1985 before his regime was toppled Ibrahim Babangida and Buhari was overthrown.<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muhammadu Buhari and Femi Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s spokesperson, Femi Adesina has said unlike many former leaders of the country, his principal is not a thief. He added also that the country would have been better had Buhari\u2019s military regime lasted longer than it did. The presidential aide made this known in an article in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":724639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unlike Many Former Nigerian Leaders, Buhari Is Not A Thief: Adesina - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/unlike-many-former-nigerian-leaders-buhari-is-not-a-thief-adesina\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Unlike Many Former Nigerian Leaders, Buhari Is Not A Thief: Adesina - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Muhammadu Buhari and Femi Adesina President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s spokesperson, Femi Adesina has said unlike many former leaders of the country, his principal is not a thief. 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