Ajimobi, Ganduje’s children more important than Benue, Dapchi residents to Buhari
President Buhari needs to be checked.
But who is going to do it? Definitely not his political cohorts, nor his media aides who are far removed from reality.
At a period when thousands of citizens in Benue and more recently, Dapchi, are grieving and crying out for a show of concern for their plights by the government, Buhari has preferred to join in the merriment of a marriage union between Oyo governor, Abiola Ajimobi’s son and his Kano counterpart Ganduje’s daughter.
One of the president’s media aides, Bashir Ahmad, thought this worthy of public notice by sending out a bland tweet to that effect: “President MBuhari in Kano for the wedding fatiha of Fatima Ganduje, daughter of Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Idris Ajimobi, son of Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi.”
President @MBuhari in Kano for the wedding fatiha of Fatima Ganduje, daughter of Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Idris Ajimobi, son of Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi. #PMBinKano
— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) March 3, 2018
Kano, it appears, offers better comfort than Yobe for Buhari today, and he’s not even sorry.
Not that the number one citizen doesn’t have the freedom to choose where he sets foot, but he could prove his “I belong to everybody and I belong to nobody” statement was one borne out of sincerity than political correctness, by not being only interested in frolicking with his political ilk.
What hurts the most about Buhari’s seeming disregard for families of Dapchi schoolgirls, is the way his party criticised his predecessor over his (Jonathan’s) casual reaction to the abduction of over 200 Chibok girls in 2014.
As of today, the tragedy stricken communities have not been visited by Buhari.
Has the president forgotten so soon? Or his advisors have suddenly developed incurable amnesia?
Today, families of slain persons in Benue still grief, just as fathers, mothers, sisters, and uncles of 110 Dapchi schoolgirls continue to take frantic looks down the deserted, dusty roads of their community, desperate to see their teenage children run into their warm embrace again.
The 2019 elections is fast approaching, and it would be a huge slap on the faces of all victims of affected areas if Buhari shows up there in his babariga, armed with a broom and his infectious smile, to convince them on why he deserves their vote again.
Please, Mr President, as you rightfully jolly around the country, show that these affected areas are also worthy of your presence.
