The reported pelting of President Muhammadu Buhari in the Hotoro region of Kano State was referred to by the Presidency as “false” yesterday.
The article, according to the statement, is “divisive rhetoric of an opposition in a fruitless attempt to harm the reputation of the President and candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the impending elections.”
The Presidency said in a statement signed by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu that they have seen fake reports of a stone-pelting incident that took place in the Hotoro area of Kano on the day of the city’s visit by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday; an incident, even if minor, that should stand condemned by all well-meaning citizens,
The President was being treated to a banquet at the Government House, well after he had finished commissioning his projects, when a fight broke out between the Kano Road Transport Authority (KAROTA) and thugs hired by an unnamed group, according to the facts on the ground as reported by law enforcement agencies.
The good news is that the good people of Kano State were appreciative of the President for the progress the state and the country as a whole are making under his leadership. The President was in the state to work on the development, safety, and security of the lives of common inhabitants.
The opposition’s polarizing language and desperate efforts to drive a rift between the party and the administration to undermine the reputation of the president and APC candidates in the next elections will not help them win.
A supposedly dominant opposition party with control over 14 states entering elections with eight or nine of those states in tow should examine its internal dynamics to see why its campaign is waning and doomed to failure. Many astute people have predicted their demise.
As can be seen in the video, politicians and terrorist sympathizers financed the children who threw stones at the traffic cops. Violence has no place in a democracy.
The PDP should take use of the chance provided by electioneering to express their viewpoint in a democracy. Stone pelting, setting things on fire, and other disruptive behavior is out of place when issues can be settled through dialogue, as we are seeing in certain campaigns.
