“Buhari shedding crocodile tears” – Fayose criticises president’s decision to visit troubled areas
One of Buhari’s staunchest critics, Ayo Fayose has reacted to reports that the president was ready to visit troubled areas across the country.
The Ekiti State governor has said Buhari’s decision was just to save face due to the criticisms he had received.
Fayose believes Buhari was only concerned about getting reelected and not because he has sympathy for affected persons.
In a statement through his media aide Lere Olayinka, Fayose criticised the president for attending the wedding ceremony between Gov Ajimobi’s son and Gov Ganduje’s daughter in Kano last Saturday.
The statement from the Ekiti governor reads:
“On January 9 and 12, this year, 88 victims of herdsmen attacks were given mass burial in Taraba State. Also on January 11, 2018, another 73 persons killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue State were buried in a mass grave in Makurdi, the state capital.
“Meaning that in Taraba and Benue States alone, 161 Nigerians were given mass burial within three days! This never caught the attention of our President. Rather, it was a visit to Nasarawa, a neighboring State to Benue that was important to him.
“To further demonstrate his lack of compassion for Nigerians, while the entire nation, especially parents of the 110 abducted school girls in Dapchi, Yobe State are still in anguish, President Buhari went to Kano last Saturday to attend a social function, thus sparking negative reactions from Nigeria.
“Apparently, it was the negative reactions of Nigerians, especially on Social Media and the effects on the President’s reelection bid that necessitated his hurried visit to Taraba State today, and planned visits to Benue, Zamfara, Yobe and Rivers States.
“I am sure the people of Taraba State won’t be hoodwinked by the President’s cosmetic sympathy, show of concern and crocodile tears, which he never bordered to shed when hundreds of indigenes of the State were being killed by suspected herdsmen,” the governor said.”
