The fraying of enduring relationships but also the evisceration of peaceful communities such as Sokoto, the headquarters of the Muslim community as a beacon of pluralism and tolerance…”In response, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) called out Garba Shehu for ‘direct incitement to violence” against the person of the Bishop. HURIWA noted that the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force failed or ignored to arrest one Professor .
Muhammadu Maishenu of the Muslim Solidarity Forum Sokoto who issued a direct threat to the life of the Buy Bulk SMS Service Bishop adding that it was inconceivable that a Presidential spokesman would descend to the arena of religious extremism by ascribing wrong meanings and interpretation. In this incident, we see how official contortion or mischievous interpretation of events could, when not curtailed, accessorize or translate to crime or breakdown of law and order.
One more example: If you exist in the Nigeria social media space, Lauretta Onochie, President Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media and the government’s foremost attack dog, requires little or no introductions. Yet it was President Buhari’s nomination of Onochie as National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that stunned the nation. Of this, Raymond Nkannebe wrote in The Cable:At any other time, it would have been taken as good humour but for a president that has perfected the art of acting unconstitutionally, and sometimes outrightly insensitive particularly with appointments, the nomination of one of the most rabid attack dogs of Muhammadu.
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