Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has alleged
that President Muhammadu Buhari aborted his trip
to the oil-rich Ogoni land in Rivers state, as a result
of the assassination threat from the Niger Delta
Avengers.
that President Muhammadu Buhari aborted his trip
to the oil-rich Ogoni land in Rivers state, as a result
of the assassination threat from the Niger Delta
Avengers.
A militant had told one of the hosts of UK-based
Radio Biafra that Buhari “should sign his death
warrant” before his visit to Ogoni, and the president
ended up delegating Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
to the landmark flag-off of the clean-up of Ogoni.
Reacting, Fayose advised Nigerians to seek help
elsewhere, because Buhari had “surrendered to the
superior powers of the militants”.
“It is shameful and embarrassing that a retired
military general could succumb to threat from
militants despite what he told Nigerians that he was
going to lead from the fronts,” read a statement
issued on his behalf by Lere Olayinka, his special
assistant on public communications and new
media.
“By not going to Ogoni today, because of threat
from the NDA, our president has shown that he is
actually afraid of the militants and the best thing to
do in a situation like this is to dialogue with the
militants so as to save Nigeria economy from
imminent collapse.
“It also shows that the president’s ability to secure
Nigeria and its people is doubtful, because if the
president could succumb to threat from militants
and abandon his official function for his deputy,
ordinary Nigerians should seek help elsewhere.
“The president should therefore save Nigeria the
agony of military misadventure in the Niger Delta by
holding dialogue with the militants with a view to
resolving their grievances. He should emulate late
President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua by having a
roundtable talks with the Niger Delta militants.”
