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Former Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that his late principal was “clean as a whistle”.
Adesina stated that nobody could accuse Buhari of engaging in any form of corruption.
He made this known in an interview with News Central while reacting to Buhari’s death.
Buhari died in a clinic in London on Sunday.
Reacting, Adesina recalled his relationship with Buhari, describing it as one of friendship rather than a typical boss-subordinate dynamic.
He said: “Naturally, I feel very sad. My relationship with him was that of a friend, a senior friend to a younger friend, not a boss subordinate relationship.
“Even after he left office, I made sure that at least once a quarter I visited him. First in Daura then in Kaduna when he moved early this year. So, we were always in touch.
“So, Buhari was as clean as a whistle. Nobody can accuse him of anything that has the slightest affinity to corruption.
“The lesson for the younger generation is that however corrupt the country is, you can still be straight. That was the enduring lesson that Buhari taught the country.”
The 82-year-old politician served as military head of state between January 1984 and August 1985.
Buhari was appointed Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund in 1994 by the Sani Abacha regime, overseeing major infrastructure interventions across the country.
He contested the presidency three times unsuccessfully, in 2003, 2007, and 2011, before clinching victory in 2015 under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, defeating then-incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was re-elected in 2019 and completed his second term in 2023.
