President Muhammadu Buhari Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, reveals how the President appoints an ex-Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Plateau state chapter, who was term an idiot by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The Media Adviser reveals this in a circulated article on Friday, titled, ”The Priest And The President”.
Adesina reveals that the now elder stateman, Obasanjo, in 2004 visited Plateau state and met with different stake holders after an outrage of ethnic-religious spiked in the state.
“During the dialogue session, the then Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Plateau State asked a question the President found offensive. And the Owu man, a retired Army General, flew off the handle. He let out this fusillade:
“What role have you played to bring about peace as CAN Chairman in Plateau State? CAN, my foot! What kind of CAN Chairman are you? Did your own Christianity teach you about revenge? You are an idiot. A total idiot. And I have no apologies for that,” Adesina quoted Obasanjo to have said.
The Special Media Aide, Femi, said the statement of the former head of state is sacrilegious despite being a Christain himself and having ‘Mathew’ as his middle name.
“For a Matthew to call a preacher an idiot, “a total idiot?” It was sacrilege walking on two legs. And again, for a President, who laid claim to being a born again Christian, to denigrate the association of his own faith? It was the height of it.
“A tale of the priest and two Presidents. Publicly flagellated by one, a Matthew, and now, honored by the other, a Muhammadu. What Rev Pam didn’t get from a Christian, he got from a Fulani man from Daura, a Muslim. Is there any lesson we can learn from this? Think about it.”