To further lend support to the president’s threats of dealing decisively with those who continue to undermine the efforts of the government, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has come out to say that the nation needs a leader who would rule the country with “iron fists”.
Writing in his weekly article, ‘I Suddenly Remembered Why I Fell In Love With The President’, the Obafemi Awolowo University alumni, noted that the president’s riot act was very timely as the country had long waited for the General in Mr President to speak out.
He, however, bemoaned the fact that the president’s speech had been taken out of context and many have understood him to be aiming genocidal threats at a section of the country.
Femi Adesina maintained that no good leader will sit and watch his country been overrun by armed bandits, hoodlums, and unknown gunmen without doing anything about it. He insisted that the president was right in stating in unequivocal terms that the perpetrators will get what they deserve.
The article reads in part:
“What our country needs at this time is iron and steel. An alchemy of GMB and PMB. 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.
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“By the way, is there any part of the country that does not have one grievance or the other? Is the next option then 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.
“Leaders must do whatever they should do to maintain peace and tranquility 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.
“I like how Moyosore Oyetunji, a passionate Buharist on Facebook summarized the latest developments: “When he pleaded with you to eschew violence, you accused him of becoming a motivational speaker, instead of the General that he is. Now he has decided to be it, you are crying. Please, what exactly do you want from him?
“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.
“Every region has one grouse or the other against the state of our union. But murder and mayhem should never be an option in resolving matters. That is the message of President Buhari, and it should be the message of every good Nigerian.
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