John Nwodo. Channels TV
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s Democracy Day broadcast as a mockery of the herdsmen killing situation in the country.
Buhari had on Tuesday vowed to decisively deal with those killing and sponsoring killers in the country.
Reacting to the president speech, Ohanaeze through the media assistant to its President-General John Nnia Nwodo, Emeka Attamah said the President trivialised the killing of Nigerians in the churches and their homes by armed herdsmen by referring to such incidents as farmers/ herdsmen clashes.
The group said: “The President concluded his speech without sympathising with the relations of those who were killed while sleeping in their homes or praying in their churches.
“This is condemnable. His (President’s) attempt to reduce the willful killings of Nigerians in their homes to clashes between herdsmen and farmers is a mockery of the situation. He has trivialised the issue and this is like pouring petrol into a raging fire.
“This is unfortunate. The speech was not presidential. He should have used this rare opportunity to sooth frayed nerves. It is bad.”