The Afenifere socio-political organization has reacted to
the threat by terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari.
Afenifere said it does not take the threat by kidnappers and
bandits lightly.
Jare Ajayi, the spokesman of Afenifere, said the Kaduna
State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has affirmed that Buhari was unaware of the
reality in the country.
He said the infiltration of the nation’s landscape by
bandits and terrorists was an indication of the government’s failure.
A statement by Ajayi reads partly: “It would be recalled
that the Minister of Information, Lai Muhammed, described the threat by
terrorists to kidnap President Buhari and Governor Rufai as laughable, while
his counterpart in the Ministry of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, said that the Nigerian
economy is doing very well, far better than under the previous administrations.
“What further drove home the fact that President Buhari is
not always aware of the reality of the country’s situation was the disclosure
by Governor El Rufai of Kaduna State that President Muhammadu Buhari was not
aware that terrorists threatened to kidnap both the President and himself until
he (Rufai and Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State) told him.
“In any case, we in Afenifere do not take the threats by the
kidnappers, bandits and terrorists lightly. What with another deadly attack
that happened in Owo, Ondo State, on Wednesday, July 27th, barely seven weeks
after the gruesome attack on St Francis Catholic Church in the same town. We in
Afenifere, in strong terms, condemn this new attack as we did the previous
time. It is seen as a provocation that can no longer be accepted.
“The impression had always been that the Chief Executive
Officers at the national and State levels get daily briefings on the security
situations in their respective areas.
“Had it not come from Governor El-Rufai, it would have been
very difficult to believe that President Buhari was not aware that he was under
the radar of would-be kidnappers.
“Yet those around the President were very much aware of this
fact. Why didn’t they bring it to his attention? Where is the position, indeed
the role, of the National Security Adviser in all these?
“We are asking these questions because, among others,
funding cannot be an excuse.”
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