Governor
Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has described the report of the discovery and
release of 82 additional Chibok girls from Boko Haram captivity as
diversionary tactics to divert attention away from the health status of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a press
statement released at Ado-Ekiti on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary,
Mr. Idowu Adelusi, the governor said it had become the pastime of the
Buhari Presidency that each time it was under fire for under-performing
or had serious issues it could not sufficiently explain to the people,
“it resorts to flying dubious kites and selling cheap dummies to
distract the people and obfuscate the issue at hand”.
“Right now, a
matter of urgent national importance arresting the attention of all and
sundry is that of the President’s health. While I continue to pray, in
conjunction with other Nigerians, for the President’s quick recovery, I
condemn without equivocation this shameless playing on the intelligence
and psyche of Nigerians taking undue advantage of the vexed issue of the
so-called Chibok girls.
“It has become
the style of this government to distract attention but the truth will be
told some day. Which Chibok girls are they talking about? Chibok girls
who purportedly were writing Physics WAEC examinations but cannot speak
simple English? Chibok girls who were shielded from the media? Till
today the media have not been allowed access to the so-called Chibok
girls.
“What is not
missing cannot be found. Despite the strenuous efforts at cover-up,
discerning Nigerians understand that the stories do not add up. When is
the next batch of Chibok girls coming? When is the next make-believe?
When there is the need for another cover-up, distraction and diversion
of the people’s attention and focus, they will fly their usual kite and
sell the self-same jaded dummy,” he added.
Saying that
this penchant of the Buhari presidency has now become “a comical and
circus show and a theatre of the absurd.” Fayose enjoined Nigerians to,
however, keep hope alive and not be despondent.
“Keep hope alive
because there will be a new dawn in our country sooner than later. The
hunger and suffering in the land are at an unprecedented level right now
while the cluelessness and incompetence of this government beggars
believe.
“In addition,
the intolerance of this government and the way they are trampling
people’s rights, and abridging their freedoms and liberties bring echoes
of the dictatorship and autocracy of Gen. Buhari’s first coming in
1985.
“It is very
unfortunate that we brought ourselves to this sorry passé. I sounded
warnings which, unfortunately, were not heeded but, then, there will be a
new dawn for Nigeria very soon,” Fayose said.
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