Buhari vows to bring back stolen money - Garba Shehu

   Garba Shehu Buhari media Assistant

In an exclusive interview with SaharaTV

correspondent, Adeola Fayehun, Garba Shehu,

the Senior Special Assistant to the President on

Media and Publicity, discussed a host of issues

ranging from Radio Biafra to Boko Haram. In the

interview Mr. Shehu said that President Buhari

has vowed to the bring back funds stolen by

government officials in the past.

When asked about whether former Minister of

Commerce Onyaku went to the Presidential Villa

to beg President Buhari not to probe members of

President Jonathan’s cabinet, Shehu denied that

Onyaku asked Buhari to not probe Jonathan.

Mr. Shehu admitted that he is not at liberty to

say whether or not Jonathan’s ministers would

be probed, he reaffirmed that Buhari

administration is commitment to recovering

stolen money.

“Whoever has taken money from Nigeria that

does not belong to them, Buhari’s word is to

bring it back,” Shehu stated.

Fayehun also asked Mr. Shehu about issues

concerning the Nigerian military’s fight against

Boko Haram. Amongst them was the recent

replacement of the nation’s military Chiefs and

whether the Hausa tribe was overrepresented in

Buhari’s selections.

Shehu responded that “merit was the yardstick

that was used to generate these appointments. I

don’t think it will be helpful for us to be counting

the number of Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo

appointments. That’s why the country is in the

position where it is today.

“[President Buhari] has over 6,000 appointments

to make. Now why would anyone use less than

10 appointments to judge a President on this

matter? Again, it balls down to the lack of

patience,” Shehu added.

Concerning the recent reemergence of Biafra

Radio Mr. Shehu made it a point to say that it

was a fringe effort to ineffectively dissolve the

country.

”The issue of the oneness of the country had

been settled by the civil government, and

Nigerians have moved on. I don’t think people

should take this fringe group seriously because

they do not represent the majority of the

country.”

Responding to the rumors that the U.S. will try

to push President Buhari a reverse Nigerian anti-

gay law and during his visit to Washington D.C.

next week he emphasized the importance of the

opinion of the country as a whole.

“The president of Nigeria will address the

question when it is raised. Even if President

Buhari holds a contrary opinion, he is one

person, and he cannot ignore the domestic

opinion of the country.”