Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has described President Muhammadu
Buhari’s speech as an insult upon the injuries inflicted on Nigerians.
The president’s Thursday night address to the nation has
been roundly criticized.
In a statement on Friday, Frank accused the President of
gross insensitivity.
He said Buhari failed to acknowledge the shooting of
Nigerians by soldiers at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos.
The attack sparked global outrage. Nigerians and the
international community have called for probe.
Frank said: “Buhari as the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed
Forces is in charge of the Nigerian Army, therefore, cannot deny giving the
order to deploy soldiers to the toll gate who rained bullets that massacred the
#EndSARS protesters.
“It is evident, I dare say, that Buhari deliberately omitted
to condemn the ignoble act and order investigation into the massacre of unarmed
and peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday night
because he is complicit in deploying lethal force for the infamous military
operation.
“It is unthinkable that after such a horrendous rain of
bullets on unarmed protesters, the President still could not empathize with the
wounded nor sympathize with those who lost their loved ones.”
Frank called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to
take strong action against the country’s leader, the Governor of Lagos State
and the Nigerian Army.
He said that rather than being conciliatory, Buhari’s speech
was filled with military rhetoric even as an elected President.
“Clearly, there is nothing to cheer in a speech that
belittled and attempted to hide a tragedy of mowing down innocent youths who
were out exercising their fundamental human rights and voicing their
frustrations through peaceful assembly and demonstrations.
“Besides, the speech was laced with threats and
condescendingly vexatious. I dare say that Buhari’s speech poses more threat to
national security than the peaceful protests they forcefully dispersed with
high calibre military arms and ammunition.”
He lamented that the President was more concerned about
increasing salary of policemen and other armed security agencies while
neglecting to talk about compensation for youths shot at Lekki.
“Buhari’s speech is a monumental insult and mockery on
Nigerians. No sympathy for the wounded and bereaved. Rather, he threatened
Nigerians. His statement was mechanical, disjointed and unpresidential.
Nigerians deserve better! What a shame!”
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