Femi Adesina: When Buhari returns, some people will hide their heads in shame

Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to
President Muhammadu Buhari, says when his principal returns to the
country, “filthy dreamers” will hide their heads in
shame.

Buhari left for the United Kingdom for medical follow-up on May
7.

In a piece on Friday, Adesina described the filthy dreamers as
those who “despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities”.

He said as spokesman of the president, he would never respond to
such people.

“President Buhari has been indisposed since the beginning of the
year. It is human, and presidents, despite their elevated status,
remain human,” Adesina wrote.

“If there is anybody who considers himself 100 percent healthy,
or who bears what William Shakespeare calls ‘a charmed life’, let
that person stand up to be identified. All mortals are doomed to
sickness, they can recover, and they can die.

“That is the truth that has been internalised by millions of
people praying for the recovery of our President. And that is where
the shallowness, vacuousness, and hollowness of people who wish the
President dead, and carry unfounded rumours, is on stark
display.

“Filthy dreamers. They speak evil of dignities, and despise
dominion. But we forgive them, for they know not what they do. When
President Buhari returns (as God would make him do) where would
they hide their faces? In shame.”

He likened Shimei, a character in the Bible, to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), whom he described as “evil wishers” who
spend “their days conjecturing tragedy for leadership”.

“David had succeeded Saul as king of Israel. And Shimei was from
the family of Saul (read, People’s Democratic Party, PDP). Shimei
hadn’t forgotten the bloody nose the family of Saul got, when the
kingship was taken away from them, and given to David. So when the
latter got into a time of travail, no pity at all from people still
smarting from bloody noses,” Adesina said.

“The All Progressives Congress (APC), inspired by Muhammadu
Buhari, halted the 60-year pipe dream of PDP at the polls in 2015.
Has the latter forgotten? No, they won’t forget till forever.

“But so much is the animus, the antipathy towards the president
that they wish him dead. While millions of Nigerians are praying,
some elements are rejoicing, and imagining evil. But they forget:
man is not God, and Jehovah always has the final say. The
descendants of Shimei need to learn vital lessons from their
forebear.

“President Buhari has tolerated people who have called him all
sorts of names in the past two years. If he didn’t move against
them directly, he could have allowed many Abishais to move against
them, ‘and take off their heads.’

“But not our president, a reformed democrat, a pious man, who
has resolved to leave the people suffused by hatred unto God.”

Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to
President Muhammadu Buhari, says when his principal returns to the
country, “filthy dreamers” will hide their heads in shame.

Buhari left for the United Kingdom for medical follow-up on May
7.

In a piece on Friday, Adesina described the filthy dreamers as
those who “despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities”.

He said as spokesman of the president, he would never respond to
such people.

“President Buhari has been indisposed since the beginning of the
year. It is human, and presidents, despite their elevated status,
remain human,” Adesina wrote.

“If there is anybody who considers himself 100 percent healthy,
or who bears what William Shakespeare calls ‘a charmed life’, let
that person stand up to be identified. All mortals are doomed to
sickness, they can recover, and they can die.

“That is the truth that has been internalised by millions of
people praying for the recovery of our President. And that is where
the shallowness, vacuousness, and hollowness of people who wish the
President dead, and carry unfounded rumours, is on stark
display.

“Filthy dreamers. They speak evil of dignities, and despise
dominion. But we forgive them, for they know not what they do. When
President Buhari returns (as God would make him do) where would
they hide their faces? In shame.”

He likened Shimei, a character in the Bible, to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), whom he described as “evil wishers” who
spend “their days conjecturing tragedy for leadership”.

“David had succeeded Saul as king of Israel. And Shimei was from
the family of Saul (read, People’s Democratic Party, PDP). Shimei
hadn’t forgotten the bloody nose the family of Saul got, when the
kingship was taken away from them, and given to David. So when the
latter got into a time of travail, no pity at all from people still
smarting from bloody noses,” Adesina said.

“The All Progressives Congress (APC), inspired by Muhammadu
Buhari, halted the 60-year pipe dream of PDP at the polls in 2015.
Has the latter forgotten? No, they won’t forget till forever.

“But so much is the animus, the antipathy towards the president
that they wish him dead. While millions of Nigerians are praying,
some elements are rejoicing, and imagining evil. But they forget:
man is not God, and Jehovah always has the final say. The
descendants of Shimei need to learn vital lessons from their
forebear.

“President Buhari has tolerated people who have called him all
sorts of names in the past two years. If he didn’t move against
them directly, he could have allowed many Abishais to move against
them, ‘and take off their heads.’

“But not our president, a reformed democrat, a pious man, who
has resolved to leave the people suffused by hatred unto God.”