Members of the ‘cabal’ in the presidency are not hungry individuals and do not deserve the public criticism they get, a presidential aide has said.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, also said it was improper to refer to the president’s advisers as a ‘cabal’ and it is not true that they influence critical decisions of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

Mr Shehu made this known while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Christmas day.

Many Nigerians including the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, have said that there is a cabal of people who influence decisions taken by Mr Buhari and the presidency.

The men said to be members of the cabal include a relative of the president, Mamman Daura; an associate of the president, Isa Funtua; and the Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari.

Mrs Buhari has at several instances accused the men of controlling her husband.

She also recently accused Mr Shehu of receiving instructions from the cabal to the detriment of her husband and his immediate family. She asked him to resign or be relieved of his position.

Mr Shehu has refused to join words with the first lady but on Wednesday denied that the cabal members have a sinister motive.

He said contrary to the false belief that the cabal manipulates the president, ”they are respectable Nigerians who deserve respect because they have achieved a lot.”

“A lot of people who are being dragged into this cabal thing, they are respectable Nigerians who have achieved a lot for themselves and for the nation. They are not there as hungry people who are there to grab things for themselves,” he said.

He also said Nigerians should not brand persons close to President Buhari who have offered to serve the nation as members of a ‘cabal.’

“Nigerians have formed the practice by labeling people that are in some advisable positions of the president as a cabal.

“People (cabals) should not be labelled negatively simply because they have offered themselves to support the president of this country,” he said.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/369941-buharis-cabal-arent-hungry-people-are-respectable-nigerians-presidency.html?

So there are cabals in aso rock indeed, good confession.

This confirm the saying that out of every rumour there is a truth.

I advice they turn from cabals to good leader for the well beings of all Nigerians.

Thief no dey gree sey him be thief

Nigeria is one funny country.

How you expect a leader to function without confidants must be the silliest thing I've heard.

The president would always have trusted aides he believes in and sometimes relies on to get the job done.

This guys in the Presidency are getting bolder and BOLDER every day. Even cabal they deny not to be thieve. One day monkey go go market and no go return!!!

This man is full of garbage. Does he sniff something before going to the TV to talk?

Nonsense

 ”...They are respectable Nigerians who deserve respect because they have achieved a lot.A lot of people who are being dragged into this cabal thing, they are respectable Nigerians who have achieved a lot for themselves and for the nation.

They are not there as hungry people who are there to grab things for themselves,” he said.He also said Nigerians should not brand persons close to President Buhari who have offered to serve the nation as members of a ‘cabal".

So there is truly a cabal? Yet this same Garba Shehu was earlier telling Nigerians that there is no cabal in the presidency & that Buhari is in charge of his government?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/dailypost.ng/2019/11/08/crisis-in-presidency-nobody-is-too-powerful-to-be-controlled-by-me-i-remain-in-charge-buhari/amp/

Meanwhile, did Nigerians elected a cabal? On what constitutional basis is a cabal operating in the nation's seat of power? So why are the Dauras/Babachirs/ Funtuas etc desperate to be holed up in Aso Rock that they've been threatening the life of the first lady?

See the idiocy Garba Shehu is manifesting every day. Aisha Buhari was right.The NUJ should simply ostracize this man because he is a complete disgrace and monumental embarrassment.

rusher14:
Nigeria is one funny country.

How you expect a leader to function without confidants must be the silliest thing I've heard.

The president would always have trusted aides he believes in and sometimes relies on to get the job done.

Shut up. No one takes the opinion of an incorrigible zombie seriously.

Hedonisco:

Shut up. No one takes the opinion of an incorrigible zombie seriously.

What is this wailing zombie saying?

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This Garba shehu guy is very funny... after singing Atiku's praise back then till he was thrown into prison by Obasanjo., he has soon forgotten about all that and moved to Buhari's camp to continue his foolishness

The reason why buhari keeps his family and close associates in the shadows is that he knows after their tenure only the loudest of all the sychophants would get purnished just like the case of Olisah Metuh and Dasuki

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He who pays the piper dictates the tune

Shameless fools.


Some persons are not qualified to be in an office.

Lol, they are all PARASITES.



They've got nothing meaningful to offer.

VANITY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40otUnv_tk0

The audacity these people exhibits beats my imagination. So a cabal actually exists like the first Lady purportedly declared. This country under GMB has sank into all time low. They shamelessly advertise their stupidity into public domain these days.

Did we vote for these clowns who have taken over the drivers seat of this country? The first Lady was right after all. Every action taken from the executive level is not only recklessly bold but premeditated. We have become unwilling pawns in their grand scheme of sinister subplots and full blown plots. GMB is not exempt, he is a chess piece used to execute their nefarious plans.

What's even sad is that these guys are cerebral humans with far reaching plans and strategies

Should there be a cabal in the first place? $hameless countree

Despicable fellows!!!

Cluelessness at it's peak

They are clueless people.

So there is actually a Buhari's "Cabal" in Aso Rock - hope someone won't come out to deny it later

All hail the over-fed Buhari's "Cabal" At last, Madam Aisha Buhari's has been vindicated

America and British cabal

Few days ago this same man said there are no cabals in the presidency only kitchen cabinet. He has just confirmed that there are hungry cabals controlling buhari and rulling Nigeria on his behalf. Shame!!
https://www.nairaland.com/5594582/garba-shehu-dont-cabal-called

This one is getting more stvpid by the day.

Mallam Garba Shehu is now becoming the official spokesperson of the 'Cabal'