Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana says he was not appointed as Minister
in the Buhari-led govt because of some "ideological reason" He said this
in an interview with The Interviewer magazine
“I was actually contacted. I was actually invited to come on board. It
took me appreciable time to make up my mind. Along the way, I was made
to understand there were people who were opposed to my appointment for
ideological reasons. For me, it would have been a call to service, not
to make money.
Those who believed that I should mobilize people to
put in a word for me, or wanted me to speak to somebody I fought on
principle several years ago were, of course, disappointed. This guy
actually headed one of the universities at a time students were killed. I
had to support the students’ cause at that time. You don’t then expect
me to go to him and swallow my vomit. This is what I mean by the
ideological price."he said
