Kuku: GEJ chose me but I can work with Buhari

Kingsley Kuku, special adviser to the president on Niger Delta, says although he will have no legal basis to remain in office at the end of the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan, he is ready to work with Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect.

Kuku said some individuals who do not mean well for Buhari and his administration have been spreading rumours that he has pledged not to work with him.

“For purposes of clarity, the presidential aide never said or insinuated that he would not work with the incoming administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,” read a statement issued by Daniel Alabrah, head, media and communications of the presidential amnesty programme.

“What he said in a statement issued by his media adviser, which has been taken out of context, was that he would leave office when President Jonathan’s tenure expires on May 29.

“It is a statement of fact that with end of the tenure of his appointment, President Goodluck Jonathan, on May 29, Kuku will have had no legal basis to remain in office.

“This is in conformity with his letter of appointment. It is not about the individual.

“Hon. Kuku considers his several appointments whether at the local, state or federal level as a call to national service, to which he has given all for over a decade.

“The intention is to portray him as being confrontational and hostile toward the incoming government, but such persons do not mean well for Gen. Buhari and his administration.

“The outgoing presidential adviser, therefore, wishes to make it clear that he is ready to serve the country in whatever capacity he is deemed fit whenever he is called upon.”