support of their state chapters since no one was consulted before the endorsement.
But the Presidency may not be surprised at the outburst of Na’Abba.
Rather, it is expecting that as the next elections draw nearer, more chieftains of the ruling APC will still go public to support Na’Abba’s position.
A Presidency official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said this in an interview with one of our correspondents on Sunday.
The government official said Na’Abba’s outburst did not come as a surprise because it was clear that the President could not pay for his expensive lifestyle.
He said more party chiefs who belong to the same category with the former Speaker would still join him.
The source said, “Ghali Na’Abba’s position is not strange to us and it did not come to us as a surprise. The truth is that more party chiefs which still toe the same line with him. They will come out to support him.”
He said many of those who were opposed to Buhari had expensive lifestyles, which Buhari could not pay for.
When contacted on the telephone for his reaction to Na’Abba’s claim, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, declined comment.
“I won’t comment on this statement credited to Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba,” Shehu said.
