Buhari is in control of his administration, says Presidency Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari is in control of his administration, despite revelations of corruption, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said on Sunday.

Shehu said the fact that the President did not cover up any of the alleged acts of graft showed the anti-graft war was on course.

The presidential aide was responding to comments and an editorial criticising the President over increasing allegations of corruption in his administration.

“As many detractors have done lately, these ‘influencers’, ‘celebrated columnists’ and ‘editorial comments’ do no more than endorse the opposition’s utterly wrong and fallacious position that the President is not in charge of his government.

“Sometimes, we are forced to wonder whether some writers are mindful of the implication of words for the strategic and territorial interests of the nation.

“The fact that these baseless and appallingly mischievous attacks can freely be aired is itself evidence of the right to freedom of expression prevailing in the country today,” he said.

– The Nation