{"id":167887,"date":"2025-07-01T16:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atiku-donated-me-to-buhari-garba-shehu"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:21:13","slug":"atiku-donated-me-to-buhari-garba-shehu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-donated-me-to-buhari-garba-shehu","title":{"rendered":"Atiku \u2018donated\u2019 me to Buhari \u2013 Garba Shehu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An erstwhile presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, says he did not betray his former principal, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, when he chose to serve as Senior Special Assistant on Media to former President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu spoke on Tuesday in Abuja during a media interface to unveil his memoir, titled, \u2018According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson\u2019s Experience\u2019, slated for public presentation on July 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu pointed out that all those who contested with Buhari for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 2014 donated their campaign assets to Buhari after he won the primary election.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it was on that basis that Buhari appointed him the spokesperson of the presidential campaign council and thereafter went on to appoint him as his spokesperson when he won in the general election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. An erstwhile presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, says he did not betray his former principal, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, when he chose to serve as Senior Special Assistant on Media to former President Muhammadu Buhari. 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