It has become expedient for me to respond to a publication by an online
\nplatform which headlined a story claiming that I said Buhari\u2019s Government
\nhas let me down.<\/p>\n
Shortly after my release from the EFCC on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, I posted a statement to If those words were what the online platform used to mean that I said the To set the records straight, there is no way I could have expressed I have been an ardent supporter of the president since 2003 and despite I therefore want to restate that I remain committed to the government of I thank you.<\/p>\n Abubakar Sidiq Usman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It has become expedient for me to respond to a publication by an online platform which headlined a story claiming that I said Buhari\u2019s Government has let me down. Shortly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nthank all those who joined in demanding for my release. As part of that
\nstatement, I wrote that \u201cThis is a government that I fought for. But
\noccurrences like these are not the experiences that myself and millions of
\nNigerians have fought for.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nBuhari govt has let me down, then I must have been quoted out of context.
\nWhat I was simply trying to say is that I fought for the government, but
\nthe incidence of my arrest by the EFCC has shown that it is not what we
\nfought for that happened. If that statement expresses any iota of
\ndisappointment, then it will be on the Magu-led leadership of the EFCC who
\nsimply arrogated to himself the judge and the jury in a case that he is
\nthe principal subject. President Buhari in the spirit of strengthening
\ninstitutions in Nigeria gave the EFCC the freedom to independently carry
\nout its constitutional responsibilities. It is the EFCC chairman that
\ndecided to abuse that independence.\u00a0 Therefore, the president should not
\nbe dragged into this matter.<\/p>\n
\ndisappointment in a govt that one of its institution decided to abuse its
\npowers. It will only amount to meaning that I expected the Buhari
\ngovernment to stand by me whether or not I am guilty of the offence
\nalleged. That will be dragging us to the past days of impunity which
\ninformed my decision to support the person of President Muhammadu Buhari
\nand his change mantra. I know for one that the Buhari government will not
\nshield anyone found wanting whether or not you support or is part of his
\ngovernment. So expecting such would have been disastrous.<\/p>\n
\nevery opportunity to jump ship, I stayed the course because of my
\nconviction that he is the man to turn around the fortunes of the country
\nand he has already set towards that path. It will be foolhardy to
\ntherefore quite at a time a course I stood with for over 15 years was
\nalready bearing fruits.<\/p>\n
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari and I will do everything to ensure that it
\nsucceeds including calling out any individual in the government who is yet
\nto imbibe the spirit of change.<\/p>\n