‘Work of contortionists’ — Femi Adesina denies saying Buhari regretted some of his decisions as president

Femi Adesina, ex-aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has denied saying his principal regretted some of the decisions he took while in office.

Speaking at a programme organised by the association of veteran journalists in Osun state, Adesina had reportedly said Buhari felt there were some things he could have done better.

“There is no living human being that will not regret certain things. It is one of the questions I asked the president,” Adesina had reportedly said.

“Before we left office, I sat with him for about two hours and I asked him every question under the sun; there was no question I didn’t ask him. There were things he felt could have been done better.”

However, in a tweet on Thursday, Adesina said his statement was misconstrued.

He said the term “regret” could only have been imagined by “contortionists”.

“Buhari regretted some of his actions as President—Adesina, say some reports. My words: ‘There’s no human being that will not regret certain things…There were things he (Buhari) felt could have been done better.’ Regret? Only in the minds of contortionists,” he tweeted.