
Maiduguri crowd now say’ Buhari, we don’t want you
The songs of welcome have changed in Maiduguri for President Muhammadu Buhari, from being friendly and warm to being undisguisedly hostile.
According to video published online on Wednesday, as the President’s convoy blitzed through the streets of the Boko Haram threatened city, the crowd that lined the streets, shouted “Bama so”, Bama so”, which means “We Don’t want you”.
In the past, Buhari was received with chants of ‘Sai Buhari’. The chanters were said to be students of Ramat Polytechnic.
The reason for the anger was because of recent attacks by the Boko Haram against communities and the one that incensed them the most was the killing on Sunday of commuters stranded overnight in the town of Auno, because soldiers locked their vehicles out from reaching the safer city of Maiduguri.

Buhari being received by Governor Zulum

Buhari in Maiduguri
In the night, Boko Haram came on the attack, by blasting a fuel tanker in the queue, setting off a fire that killed 30 people, including two female students of the University of Maiduguri.
Dozens of women and children were also reportedly abducted by the Boko Haram.
President Buhari was in Ethiopia when the tragedy occurred and he only offered sops as usual and promises to rescue the abducted.
On his return to Nigeria, Buhari went to Maiduguri to condole with the government and people over the latest Boko Haram-induced tragedy. The people appeared to be tired of all excuses.
Shehu Zubair first shared clips of the angry crowd and hoped that it will teach Buhari to have an overhauled strategy in fighting Boko Haram:
Buhari in Maiduguri today.
Buhari, Never thought he will receive this kind of treatment in the core north. Just an opposite of his earlier Visits.
Good people of Borno are chanting for BUHARI; "Bama so!" "Bamayi!" Meaning: we don't want-we don't.
This is really serious. pic.twitter.com/p4ZnxzRwlB
— Shehu Zubairu (@ShehuZubair) February 12, 2020
Paul Carsten, a Reuters correspondent, who had covered the insurgency for the past three years remarked: “Incredible that people lined streets of city of Maiduguri to boo Nigeria’s President Buhari when he visited in response to killing of 30+ people by Islamist insurgents (Boko Haram or Islamic State West Africa). Not seen anything like it in 3+ years of covering the conflict”.
Abdulrahman Leme, a.k.a Abu Rayyan also remarked: “Buhari getting booed in Maiduguri is instructive. If this doesn’t push for a more drastic and decisive move in rejiggering our security architecture, it should at least worry the APC brand. If PMB can be booed in Maiduguri I wonder how they intend to sell anyone going forward.”
And Yakaka Madara contrasted the security around Maiduguri, with the norm for residents: “Helicopters flying , roads lined with security personnel almost every meter. All major roads closed . All for the safety of one person . If only same type of security would be deployed to protect thousands” .
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This doctored video from a single spot of supposedly hired PDP animals is what PDP is rejoicing over. Why did the hirelings not move the video round to show that their stupidity is general.
Idiots
God forbids PDP as a party in this country Nigeria again after all their atrocities. These are group of thieves that came together to achieve a common aim called (LOOTING) and no other thing and they think they can deceive the mass with their insincere tears and propagandas. Criminal party with shameless criminals whose 90% of their members are supposed to be in jail if it is in other advanced countries yet they are shamelessly complaining of Court judgment and insecurity which they planted ,manured and watered until they grew very well and matured.If any group of person or persons should complain about bad governance in this country, it should not be PDP members because they have proved to group of Satanic, evil minded,corrupt and Criminal gang whose main aim is to still,kill and destroy just like the Devil in the Bible.
This so called people Deceive People (PDP)can not stop yo disgrace themselves,Nigerians cared less of their shameless protest of Supreme Court Judgement of Ihedioha to difference embassies .They forgot that their massive looting of our resources during their 16year rule is still very fresh in the minds of Nigerians. Yet the criminals called PDP are not ashamed of committing nuisance in the name of protest.
Declare yourself as fugitive as Buhari nomination will be President 2023.
The deminice of your evil branded PDP.
Continue wailing.
Renting of PDP to chant nonsense will not help anything. Buhari did what a president should do by going to the spot.
PDP started boko haram. We do not even care about Thier noise. Buhari can win election 10times in Nigeria. Without him we would have gone by now. Boko haram is evil and will be crushed. It is a matter of time
This is just the beginning.
Very soon he will realize that the whole country have rejected him.
It’s not enough to rig election or appoint a technical chief justice who would rule senselessly to keep you in power.
What a failed government. What a huge mistake. What a situation. I take a stroll. Nonsense.
Your wailing will never end until 2023. Continue your trolling!
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