Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has accused some politicians of hypocrisy, saying those who once praised former President Muhammadu Buhari while he was in power are now among his harshest critics.
Speaking on Saturday, October 25, at the 2nd Raymond Dokpesi Diamond Lecture organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in Abuja, Sule reflected on what he called the dangers of sycophancy in politics.
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“By being a governor, I have seen what sycophancy can do. I have seen people actually sit in the presence of President (Muhammadu) Buhari to tell him, ‘Oh, you are the best ever. Nobody can do this better.’
“But the minute Buhari left government, they started saying, ‘Oh, he was one of the worst presidents we had ever seen.’
“These are the same people but different moments. That is what sycophancy is all about,” PUNCH quoted Sule to have said.
Buhari, who led Nigeria from 2015 to 2023, had earlier served as military head of state in the 1980s.