Former aide of ex-president
Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has taken a swipe at Femi Adesina, spokesman of
President Muhammadu Buhari, who said Nigerians did not trust the immediate past
administration.
Adesina had said Nigerians did
not protest against the hike in the price of fuel, because they trusted Buhari.
But in a statement on Friday,
Omokri said Adesina’s comment was a propaganda.
He claimed that Nigerians did not
protest against the fuel price hike by the Buhari administration as a result of
fear.
“First of all, it was not
Nigerians that rose up again the Jonathan administration when that government
increased the price of petrol on January 1, 2012.
“It was actually members of the
All Progressive Congress who sponsored the protests,” Omokri said.
“Nigerians have not so soon
forgotten how chieftains of the opposition party went to the Gani Fawehinmi
freedom park, Ojota, Lagos, where they attracted crowds by inviting top
musicians to perform and giving out free food and drinks.
“If anyone cares to Google the
pictures of that event, they will see pictures of people who are currently on
president Buhari’s media team directing protesters at that event.
“On December 15, 2015, the
Nigerian army, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s command, killed 347 unarmed
Shi’ite men, women, children and infants and buried them in a mass grave as
revealed by the panel of inquiry instituted by the Kaduna state government.
“The excuse given by the military
for this massacre was that the Shi’ites had blocked a road during one of their
procession and this allegedly affected a trip by the chief of army staff.
“After killing his followers and
destroying their place of worship, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, the spiritual leader
of the Nigerian Shi’ite community, was illegally and unconstitutionally
detained and has not been seen or heard of in public since December 15, 2015.
“So when the Buhari
administration increased the pump price of petrol, Nigerians wisely reasoned
that if the Buhari administration can kill 347 unarmed Shi’ite men, women,
children and infants for blocking a road, it would be suicidal to give them an
opportunity to do the same thing to them on a wider scale.
“So, Femi should spare us his
propaganda and accept the truth that he is the mouthpiece of a murderous regime
sustained by propaganda and surviving on corruption,” he added.
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