BY DAYO ADESULU
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said he loves his paymaster, President Muhammadu Buhari for his iron and steel methods of knocking sense into contumacious heads of some Nigerians.
Adesina on Friday said Nigerians need such a leader like Buhari to keep us together as a nation from those who want to cause insurrection to disintegrate the country.
The aforementioned was contained in the piece he wrote titled, ‘I Suddenly Remembered Why I Fell In Love With The President’.
Adesina said: “The man (Buhari) we fell in love with is of iron and steel, one ready and willing to knock sense into contumacious heads, whipping everyone into line. And being kind to us in the process. A kind bully, if you like the oxymoron.
“What our country needs at this time is iron and steel. Alchemy of GMB (General Muhammadu Buhari) and PMB (President Muhammadu Buhari).
“We are in a democracy, yes, but democracy is no byword for lawlessness. If anybody misbehaves in any part, repeat, any part, of the country, they need to be whipped into line.
“The nation needs not to go into a tailspin because some people bear giant-sized grudges in their hearts. By the way, is there any part of the country that does not have one grievance or the other? Is the next option than to capsize the boat of the country? Any leader that has sworn to uphold the Constitution would not open his eyes, and see it happen.
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“Leaders must do whatever they should do to maintain peace and tranquillity in their countries. Their intentions will always be misinterpreted and misrepresented. No matter. The good of the larger majority must be considered at all times. North, South, East, West, anarchy should never be condoned, no matter what some people may say.”
“President Buhari is not genocidal, and can’t ever be accused of such intentions. But a leader worth his salt cannot look on and watch law and order break down irretrievably. It is not about a people or region. It is about the country he took an oath to keep together.”
The above statement is sequel to the statement President Buhari made on Tuesday, condemning the attacks on police stations, prisons and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the South-East, warning those supporting insurrection and violence in the country.
The same day, Buhari tweeted that some of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that happened during the Civil War. ”They will be treated in the language they understand,” Buhari vowed.
