“He’s Still Pained He Got No Patronage from Buhari”: Femi Adesina Blasts Bishop Kukah
- Femi Adesina said the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah is pained because Muhammadu Buhari did not patronise him
- Buhari's media aide stated this after Kukah said Nigeria witnessed the ugliest form of corruption during the Buhari administration
- Adesina, on Tuesday, July 11, via his Twitter handle @FemAdesina, wrote, "As e dey pain them, e dey sweet us”
Femi Adesina, a former media aide to Muhammadu Buhari, has lambasted the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Matthew Kukah, for accusing the immediate past government of corruption.
Daily Trust reported that Kukah said corruption became its ugliest during the eight years of the Buhari administration.
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He stated this on Monday, July 9, while speaking at the 60th anniversary of the call to the bar of legal luminary Afe Babalola, SAN, in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital.
Kukah said:
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“We have seen the worst phase of corruption in Nigeria. Femi Falana, my friend here, will speak about that because he has published a series of articles talking about what happened under the Buhari administration.
“They were not the ones who caused corruption, but I think in the last administration, we saw the ugliest phase of corruption whether in moral terms, financial terms, and other terms,”
Reacting to Kukah’s criticism, Adesina said Kukah was pained because Buhari didn’t “patronise” him like the previous government.
On Tuesday, July 11, via his Twitter handle @FemAdesina, he wrote:
“Who listens to that Bishop again. He’s still pained that he got no under-the-cassock patronage from Buhari, unlike in the past. As e dey pain them, e dey sweet us.”
“Nigeria witnessed worst corruption under Buhari,” Bishop Kukah sends tough message to Tinubu's FG
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, on Monday, July 10th, revealed Nigeria witnessed the ugliest face of corruption during the last administration led by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
During a lecture he delivered at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the call to the bar of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), the cleric clarified that the trend didn’t start under Buhari, but corruption festered under the ex-president’s watch.
Buhari’s former aide Femi Adesina gets new appointment after working 8 years in Aso Rock
Former Special Adviser to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has gotten a new appointment as Executive Vice Chairman at The Sun Newspapers.
Adesina, who disclosed this during an interview with The Crest, added that he will resume his new role on September 1.
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