A former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, has said his principal’s leadership was slow
He however, said that Buhari’s slowness was due to the former President’s transformation from a former military ruler to a committed democrat who chose to follow due process.
According to him, while most Nigerians were impatient and wanted quick fixes, Buhari could not be bent as he chose to abide by democratic norms.
Shehu stated this during an interview on Arise News on Tuesday night, “Was he slow? Yeah, he himself had joked about all of that,” he said.
He added: “And he kept on saying, when he came in, he was brash as military head of state, he just did things on impulse, and he ordered people to be locked up.
“But this time, as a converted democrat, he needed to follow the due processes that the law says he should follow.
“What is wrong with that? Nigerians are very impatient. We want to rush through things. But he says, ‘no. The democratic process sets the rules. And I must not go against them.’”
While many Nigerians believed that the former president did not know much about things that happened under his watch as President, Shehu has this to say;
“This thing about Buhari being unaware, it is totally, totally misplaced. If you permit me, I would say that he perhaps would pass as the most aware president Nigeria has ever had,” he stated.
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