Lawyer reveals why Buhari didn’t appoint him a minister

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December 7, 2015 5:06 PM

Falana said that he had been dropped because some people believed he was too radical to serve in the position.

Mr. Femi Falana(SAN).

Prominent lawyer, Femi Falana has revealed why he wasn’t appointed a minister by President Muhammadu Buhari despite reports that he was being considered.

Falana said that he had been dropped because some people believed he was too radical to serve in the position.

The legal practitioner made the disclosure during a recent interview with The Interview magazine.

He said:

“I was actually contacted. I was actually invited to come on board. It took me appreciable time to make up my mind. Along the way, I was made to understand there were people who were opposed to my appointment for ideological reasons. It is their right to do so.”

“For me, it would have been a call to service, not to make money. Those who believed… that I should mobilise people to put in a word for me, or wanted me to speak to somebody I fought on principle several years ago were, of course, disappointed. This guy actually headed one of the universities at a time students were killed. I had to support the students’ cause at that time. You don’t then expect me to go to him and swallow my vomit. This is what I mean by the ideological price.”

“…Certain people wanted me to be opportunistic by offering to backdate a membership card for me. I said, ‘no, over my dead body’. I wasn’t looking for a job. I was gainfully employed.”

President Buhari inaugurated his ministerson November 11, 2015.

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