Though President Muhammadu Buhari is not a trained editor, his Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu says his boss thoroughly edits every official document given to him like a professional.
In a statement on Sunday to debunk a newspaper report that a cabal was manipulating President Buhari, Shehu said “I can testify to how my years of experience as a newspaper editor are often put to the test by the sheer thoroughness with which the President edits every single document brought to his desk.”
“Every memo, statement, speech, is subject to his intense scrutiny, right down to the placement of commas and full stops.
“Therefore, alleging that President Buhari signs memos brought to him by government officials or a so-called cabal without reading them, immediately casts doubts on the credibility of the ubiquitous unnamed sources that the reporters of these articles quote.
“It is difficult to understand what anyone wants to achieve peddling such falsehood that the President, himself a former military general and Head of State and Commander-In-Chief is subject to undue influence and manipulation. It is both ridiculous and inconceivable,” Shehu stated.
He urged journalists with questions to ask concerning the President and the Villa administration to always approach the Special Adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, Special Assistant, Media to Vice President, Laolu Akande or himself.
“Where we don’t have your answers, we are ready to obtain as much as we can, the correct responses to your enquiry, ” he assured
