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Garba Shehu hints why Buhari was absent from late COAS Attahiru’s funeral
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has finally revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari was absent from the funeral of late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru.
President Buhari, who is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, was absent when Attahiru and the army officers including three generals were laid to rest in Abuja a day after their passing.
Buhari’s absence was strongly criticized by many Nigerians, who accused him of lacking empathy and tagged his administration “the most irresponsible government in the history of this country.”
Views: Visits 8 Ibrahim Attahiru The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has finally revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari was absent from the funeral of late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru. President Buhari, who is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, was absent when Attahiru and the army officers including three generals were laid to rest in Abuja a day after their passing. Buhari’s absence was strongly criticized by many Nigerians, who accused him of lacking empathy and tagged his administration “the most irresponsible government in the history of this country.” Garba Shehu who spoke at Arise TV programme on Wednesday hinted that the president does not like “this idea of closing roads, security men molesting people on the road” whenever he is out for an event outside Aso Rock.
Views: Visits 4 By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo The Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, Research and Planning, Force Headquarters, Moses Jitoboh has assured Akwa Ibom people that the internal security of the state would be reengineered for the state to have a better Police force. Jitoboh who was on a tour of police formations attacked by gunmen in Akwa Ibom state on Monday gave the assurance during stakeholders meeting at the Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo. He assured that never again would Police personnel be unjustly killed and the stations attacked and destroyed in the entire South-South zone. The DIG explained that “Operation Restore Peace” was recently launched in South-South and South-East zones to restore the peace that was almost broken.