A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Buba Galadima, has explained why his daughter is supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He disclosed this in an interview with Saturday Vanguard.
Galadima also debunked reports that he is attacking President Muhammadu Buhari’s government because the president has not given him appointment.
Answering a question on why he is castigating the Buhari administration while his daughter supports the president, Galadima said:
I would not have loved to answer this question but you are a woman and you asked about my daughter. Those saying my daughter is working for Buhari are doing so simply to ridicule me. Let me start by saying this, ordinarily, my daughter is Buhari’s daughter also because by custom, whoever gave a girl out in marriage is her father. My daughter has a history with Buhari. Even when she was graduating in London, Buhari and I travelled to London for her graduation; when she was being given out in marriage, it was Buhari that gave her out in marriage. When she had her first child, he persuaded her husband to name the boy after him. It is the greatest honour to give to a friend. However, my daughter is a matured Nigerian, married with children, she was a Councillor in Wuse. In 2015, she was the highest elected person in FCT on the platform of APC. She worked very hard with the vice president during Buhari’s campaign. In fact, she was the leader of his campaign in the FCT. To me, if she was to be compensated, she should be made a minister and not an aide. By qualification, my daughter has two first degrees, three masters degrees. There is no member of the Buhari’s government including himself that has that kind of qualification. But she was denied position in government. The position they were hyping in the social media was that she is a board member of the board of the film corporation in Jos. So, you mean that was a good reward that the whole world is saying that my daughter is rewarded and therefore, I should keep quiet? So, are you happy that because my daughter is a board member of the Nigerian Film Corporation in Jos, I should keep quiet?
I was one of the nine signatories at the formation of APC. So, my daughter being board member of the film corporation in Jos is the reward for the efforts, my efforts and therefore I have been settled, I should keep quiet? When people speak, I just laugh but that is not even the issue, what I want you to talk about is to ask why Nigerians are so forgetful.
People have forgotten that I was one single individual that took Obasanjo and Yar Adua government to task. I have not even done to Buhari half of what I did to Obasanjo and Yar Adua and the PDP government. All these have been forgotten because I was seen to be fighting Buhari’s government and therefore, I am a bad person. Obasanjo, Yar Adua and Jonathan arrested me, five good times and charged me for treason. I was put underground. I just laugh when people say I was doing this because I was not given political appointment. It is on record that Obasanjo’s government offered me appointment three times, Yar Adua government offered me appointment two times. Obasanjo’s government offered me ministerial positions three times, Yar Adua government asked me to take FCT minister but I didn’t. Which position would Buhari have given me?
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