Another Smear Campaign Against Buhari Is In The Works – FG

Posted by: Folamidavid in News, Politics Jan 29, 2021

Muhammadu Buhari

The Federal Government has come out to say that there is another orchestrated smear campaign against President Muhammadu Buhari in the works.

Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, recently revealed this in a statement in Abuja, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the campaign is meant to further fuel the tension in the land by portraying the president as pandering to ethnic, and other primordial tendencies.

He added that the perpetrators are planning to use online newspapers and blogs, therefore Nigerians have to be at alert when they see the lies.

His words, “The campaign, scheduled to be launched anytime soon through editorials and purported special investigative stories, is designed to further exacerbate tension in the land, by portraying the President as pandering to ethnic and other primordial tendencies, contrary to his pledge to belong to all Nigerians.”

“Impeccable security findings indicate that those behind the plot have procured online blogs and newspapers, which are to launch coordinated publications, alleging subjugation and suppression of a particular religion and ethnic groups.”

“A specific medium has so far contacted some opinion leaders, especially those very critical of President Buhari.”

“Part of the planned publication is to make unwary readers believe that the President has continually used the powers of his office to shield and protect an ethnic group against crimes of murder, kidnappings, rape and banditry in the southern, middle belt and some northern states.”

“The publication will also refer Nigerians to a 58-page document, which chronicles purported atrocities of the ethnic group in the South since 2017, all of which it claims the Presidency has turned blind eyes to.”

“Again, the hatchet job will allege that the President has continued to place members of his ethnic nationality in sensitive positions, so as to confer undue advantage on them. This allegation is by no means supported with reasonable facts and figures.’’