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Bolaji Abdullahi, national publicity secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), says he was sacked as a minister by former President Goodluck Jonathan because he did not abuse ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki during a campaign in Kwara state.
Abdullahi spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during the public presentation of his book, ‘The Loyalist: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice’.
The ADC spokesperson served as minister of youth development and later minister of sports under Jonathan’s administration and was relieved of his appointment in March 2014.
When Saraki was the governor of Kwara, Abdullahi was his special assistant on communication, special adviser on policy, and later appointed as commissioner for education.
‘HOW I WAS PRESSURED TO ATTACK SARAKI’
While giving a vote of thanks, Abdullahi recalled he started writing the book in 2019, aiming to tell the story of how his relationship with certain individuals evolved based on their dealings with his principal, Saraki at that time.
He said the book’s initial title was ‘In the Shadow of the Godfather’.
Speaking about this loyalty to the former senate president, Abdullahi said he refused to be drawn into the conflict between his principal and former President Jonathan shortly after Saraki left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the newly formed All Progressives Congress (APC).
