Nigeria, Jan. 13 -- A presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has released the statement below attacking an editor of Thisday newspaper over an article critical of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Mr Adesina said he was responding to the article by editor Shaka Momodu titled 'The General is Divider-in-Chief.

Read Mr Adesina's full statement below.

Shaka Momodu: A Columnist as Hater-in-Chief

By FEMI ADESINA

For many years, week after week, Shaka Momodu opens the sewers, and pours vitriol on President Muhammadu Buhari on the back page of Thisday Newspapers. We ignore him, reasoning that when a mind is diseased, there is hardly much you can do to point such soul to decency. It remains impervious to anything not from the very nether region o...