2019 Presidency: Be Civil, Ignore Saraki – Buhari Tells Supporters

BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – The Presidency has appealed to supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari to be civil and ignore the alleged crude public speeches coming from the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki.

In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the presidency urged the Buhari supporters to conduct themselves civilly and put across their points of view in a decent language.

The statement issued in Abuja on Thursday said; “The Presidency wishes to react the crude speeches hitting the news from Senator Bukola Saraki who recently joined the Peoples Democratic Party with the sole ambition of running as the president of Nigeria.

“In response to the condemnable and extremely derogatory speeches by the PDP aspirant, we urge all Buhari supporters to display restraint in language and conduct and to always put across their points of view in a decent language.

According to Garba; “Throughout his political career, Senator Saraki has shown that he is a very dangerous person, who can go any length to promote his personal interests.

“The language of his campaign is such that cannot be used against a domestic help.

“Is he just knowing that the President lacks vision? This is someone that the Senator had worked with very closely for more than three years. Amazingly, he never said all that he is now saying against him.

“Rather, his word for and on the President were always respectful and reassuring. That’s the man he called “My Father,” about him “there is no cause for alarm…a President who is healthy, witty and himself.”

“What then changed, all of a sudden? Is he saying these blatantly false and crude things against the President because he is gunning for the same office? Could it be that he is targeting President Buhari because the party he just joined does not have any real issues to highlight?

Urging great restrain from the President’s supporters, the statement said; “Be that as it may, our appeal to our supporters is to ignore Saraki and any such politicians bent on lowering the quality of political discourse. Let them drown in their own waters.”