A cartoon by Mike Asuquo portrayed that Buhari was a divisive leader
Nigerians Hold Late President Buhari to Account in Death
Abuja, Nigeria — Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who handed over power to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in May 2023, has died in London on Sunday. The news of his passing has triggered a wave of mixed reactions across the country, reflecting deep divisions over his legacy.
While Buhari, a retired Major General and two-time national leader, was mourned by many in Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim North—his region of origin—citizens from the largely Christian South are publicly defying the cultural norm of refraining from criticism of the deceased. Instead, they are using the occasion to voice longstanding grievances about his presidency, which many describe as marked by ethno-religious favoritism, policy inertia, and authoritarian tendencies.
Social media platforms have been flooded with debates and memorial posts, not all in praise of the former leader. A politically charged cartoon by celebrated Nigerian cartoonist, Mike Asuquo, went viral online shortly after the announcement of Buhari’s death. The illustration depicted Buhari as a polarizing figure who left Nigeria more divided than he met it—fueling a broader public reckoning with his leadership.
Human rights activist and opposition figure Omoyele Sowore sharply criticized the late president, calling him a “tyrant” and urging Nigerians to “remember the victims of tyranny instead of mourning the tyrant.” Sowore’s statement gained traction, particularly among younger Nigerians who actively resisted Buhari’s administration during the #EndSARS protests and other moments of civic unrest.
Buhari’s death has become a flashpoint for national reflection, highlighting the deep fault lines that continue to shape Nigeria’s politics. His supporters recall him as a disciplined and incorruptible leader who sought to restore order to a troubled nation, while critics accuse him of presiding over a period marked by economic decline, insecurity, and democratic backsliding.
The Federal Government has released an official statement on national mourning or burial arrangements on Tuesday. State and national flags were seen flying at half-mast in some locations Monday morning.
As the nation grapples with his legacy, Buhari’s passing serves not only as the end of a political era but also as a moment for Nigerians to confront the complexities of leadership, memory, and national unity.
Muhammadu was sworn-in on May 29, 2025 for his first term as Nigerian President
Nigeria’s immediate past President, President Muhammadu Buhari, has passed at the age of 82. Multiple sources from his close aides confirmed this death this afternoon in a London hospital.
His former aides, Garba Shehu and Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X.
Ahmad wrote: “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London.
May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus. Amin.”
President Buhari, who served as Nigeria’s civilian president from 2015 to 2023 after previously leading the country as a military head of state between 1983 and 1985.
Further details regarding burial arrangements are expected to be released by the family in accordance with Islamic rites.
Unlike women, it’s natural that men rarely weep or shed tears. Whatever makes a man weep must have overwhelmed him emotionally in such a manner that he cannot hold back tears. Therefore, when a man weeps in public, it’s possible that he may have wept several times over in his closet. Whatever makes a general to weep on camera before the whole world must be on something that touches on his nerves beyond emotional control.
Against the foregoing background, when the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), wept before the cameras sometime in 2012 after losing the 2011 presidential election which was his third attempt at the presidential seat, the world was taken aback seeing a retired general shedding tears publicly ostensibly over the state of the nation.
Some Nigerians, including this writer, thought Buhari wept having ruminated over his antecedents, especially the military coup of December 31, 1983, which truncated the Second Republic’s democratic rule. Some of us thought that Buhari wept because he realised that he could never be rewarded with election as a civilian president, having participated in truncating the same civilian rule in Nigeria.
Ordinarily, no country rewards a coup plotter with election as a civilian president, especially if the coup truncated a civilian dispensation. In Africa, a coup plotter could become a civilian president if it toppled another military regime, but not when it toppled a civilian rule. You do not approbate and reprobate at the same time by demanding to be elected in a form of government you hated and truncated.
However, Buhari’s supporters came to his defence by alleging that he wept because of the parlous state of affairs in the country. Before he succeeded in 2015, he had made three failed attempts to become the president. The very day that Buhari was declared the winner of the presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission in 2015 was a very mournful day for most Nigerians, primarily due to the fact that a man who truncated democracy ought not to have been rewarded with the major crown of democracy.
Some of us didn’t vote for the president not because we hate him; we simply did not believe and still do not believe that he was the best for Nigeria. A country with thousands of professors and millions of degree holders of various levels shouldn’t have entrusted its affairs in the hands of such a man, thereby making a mockery of our so-called higher educational attainment.
The holy books of all faiths say nothing happens without the knowledge of God. Therefore, God allowed Buhari to become Nigeria’s president in 2015 by using then President Goodluck Jonathan to make it possible. Perhaps, if another person, apart from Jonathan, was the president at the time, millions of lives could have been lost in a monumental crisis that could have ensued. It took a man of peace like Jonathan to have made that possible. Some of these other Nigerian past leaders wouldn’t have done that. And that’s why most of us believe and still maintain that Jonathan deserves a Nobel Peace Prize Award.
Having grudgingly accepted our fate with Buhari as our president, we thought that he would turn the country around for the better as severally purported by his followers and supporters. Buhari would have become the best president in the history of the country if he was able to change the fortunes of Nigeria in these past eight years. Sincerely speaking, is there any sector of the Nigerian economy that has improved for the better since 2015?
Buhari promised to tackle the three-pronged issues of the economy, security, and corruption. Is the Nigerian economy better or worse than it was in 2015? Is there any single commodity that has experienced an improved quality, quantity and reduction in price since 2015? A bag of rice was less than N10,000 in 2015; today it’s hovering above N50,000. All staple food items that sustain the poor have skyrocketed in prices beyond the reach of the masses. He promised to make $1 equivalent to N1 but what’s the ugly story today?
In 2015 when a litre of petrol was N87 he promised to make it N40 a litre. Today it’s sold for N500 in the black market. What about kerosene that was N95 a litre in 2015 but today N900? What about diesel, cooking gas, etc? Insecurity is worse today than it was in 2015.
The issue of corruption is where Buhari has failed virtually all Nigerians. As a military head of state, he jailed suspected corrupt politicians for a long sentence of 50 years and above. Some of them got over 100 years of jail term and even life imprisonment. What do we have today? No notable politician has been commensurately jailed for corruption since Buhari assumed office as president. Even those who were given reasonably longer jail terms after a lengthy and rigorous trial by the courts of the land have been set free by Buhari through the doctrine of the presidential pardon. Corruption is worse today than it was during the late General Sani Abacha regime.
The presidency would always beat its chest about the so-called Second Niger Bridge as if that’s the topmost priority of the people of the South-East region. The security of life and property is the major responsibility of the government because only the living can make use of the Second Niger Bridge. The dredging of the River Niger would have served a better economic purpose for the South-East region. If the River Niger was dredged, Lagos Apapa Wharf would have been decongested because some ships from overseas would be coming straight to Onitsha and the economy of Anambra State and the South-East would have experienced a boom.
Can Buhari sincerely say that he has improved the fortunes of Nigeria? Can he say that the country as of today is what he envisaged while contesting the presidency? What actually made him weep profusely? Did he weep because he wanted to satisfy his ambition to be an elected president just for its sake or he wanted to turn the fortunes of Nigeria around just like Lee Kuan Yew who turned the fortunes of Singapore?
Nigerian Senators have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to either tackle heightened insecurity or risk impeachment. This motion was moved on Wednesday on the floor of the Senate by opposition elements led by People Democratic Party (PDP) Senators. The Parliamentarians walked out of the red chambers to protest insecurity in Nigeria. Senators from the opposition parties have given President Muhammadu Buhari six weeks ultimatum to address the rising insecurity in the country or face impeachment.
Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, stated this while addressing reporters after the opposition lawmakers stormed out of the Senate plenary angrily, chanting “Buhari must go and Lawan should follow” to protest the worsening insecurity across the country.
Trouble started when the Senate Minority Leader raised a point of order for the Red Chamber to deliberate on issues raised at the closed-door session, which lasted for two hours.
The Senate President Ahmad Lawan had, after the executive session, announced that issues relating to workings of the Senate and unity of Nigeria were discussed and asked the Senate leaders to proceed with the items listed on the Order Paper.
Aduda had raised a point of order to call for deliberation on issues discussed at the closed session, but Lawan ruled him out of order.
Irked by the ruling, the opposition Senators stormed out of the plenary, chanting songs, calling for President Buhari to quit
Nigeria 2023: President Buhari’s men loses grip of ruling party structure
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) concluded its primary elections on Wednesday with an element, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is hitherto not favoured by President Muhammadu Buhari, emerging victorious.
Tinubu obtained over 1,271 votes to defeat his closest rivals, ex-minister Rotimi Amaechi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
While Amaechi polled 316 votes, Osinbajo scored 235 votes.
Tinubu, an old-timer in Nigerian politics and leader of the party in the Nigeria’s South-West stood against Buhari’s moves to anoint a Northern consensus candidate.
For Tinubu to have challenged the President openly and eventually got elected showed that the President has lost his grip of the party structure.
Tinubu will face the main leader of opposition, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February general 2023 election.
He contested against thirteen other aspirants – Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Mr Ahmed Rufai, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Mr Jack Rich, Governor Ben Ayade, Governor David Umahi, Senator Ahmed Yarima, Dr Ahmed Lawan, Osinbajo, Amaechi, Governor Yahaya Bello and Mr Ogbonnaya Onu.
Nine aspirants had earlier stepped down, eight of whom asked their supporters to vote for Tinubu, while one asked his supporters to vote for Osinbajo.
Buhari, who is stepping down after the two terms he is allowed in the constitution, had spent days leading up to the convention in negotiations with the APC’s leaders seeking unity over a party candidate.
Tinubu vowed to fight terrorism and insecurity in the country if elected as the next president in 2023.
Tinubu commended the other 23 aspirants in the race for conducting what he described as a decent campaign, saying that the competition would eventually make the APC stronger.
He described himself as a unifier and the one which the current moment in the country calls for.
“Nominate me as the party’s presidential candidate for 2023 because am competent and courageous to serve Nigeria, and deliver good governance,” he said.
Tinubu, a former two-term governor of Lagos State said he had the experience, record of achievements and the ability to deliver good governance if elected as the country’s next president.
“I have done this in Lagos State as governor for two terms. I humbly ask you to allow me to use these skills and experiences to advance the nation.
“Ours shall be a land where all Nigerians will have an equal chance and no one is excluded because of his ethnic background, religious creed, place of origin or social status, we are all Nigerians.
“By this statement, I seek your help and support to become our party’s nominee and standard-bearer in the coming February 2023 presidential elections,” he said.
Tinubu expressed optimism that as an indivisible united country, Nigerians shall overcome the destructive forces attempting to steal the destiny of the nation
Nigeria 2023: Worries of Election rigging as Buhari speaks of picking successor
Nigeria 2023: Worries of Election rigging as Buhari speaks of picking successor
In February, 2023, Nigeria, West Africa will once again go to the polls for general election to elect the President, 36 State Governors, and National and sub-national parliamentarians.
The process for the election has begun in earnest with political parties holding primary elections to elect their flag bearers.
But excitement for the election seemed to have waned since Tuesday after President Muhammadu Buhari addressed Governors of the ruling party and spoke about his intention to pick his successor.
Watchers believed Buhari’s choice of words represents his plan for the election—that the presidency would do all it could to subvert free and fair election.
Already, the main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected a former Vice President and a northern political heavyweight, Atiku Abubakar to fly its flag.
Buhari’s picking successor statement is raising dusts in political circles. A member of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has cautioned Buhari on the need to be conscious of his legacies and avoid falling into the temptation of unilaterally picking his successor.
National Vice Chairman, North-West, in the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led NWC, Salihu Lukman, gave the charge in an open letter to the President Wednesday in Abuja.
Noting that it would be “democratically risky and very costly” to allow the President do so, Lukman urged President Buhari not to copy what he described as the anti-democratic credentials of former President Olusegun Obasanjo who foisted his successor, late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and went on to rig the general election to ensure his emergence as President.
Lukman, in the piece titled “Succession and 2023 APC Presidential Candidate: Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari,” was reacting to the outcome of Tuesday’s meeting between President Buhari and APC governors.
During the consultative meeting with Progressive Governors on Tuesday, the President had spoken of the internal policies of the APC which allowed ‘first term governors who have served credibly well …to stand for re-election’ and ‘second term governors … accorded the privilege of promoting successors that are capable of driving their visions’.
The President, therefore, solicited for ‘reciprocity and support of Governors and other stakeholders in picking’ his successor, ‘who would fly the flag of our party for election into the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.’
Noting that ordinarily, this should not be a problem as both party members and leaders will always trust the president’s judgment, the APC official however noted that “the big worry is whether loyal party leaders and members should just reduce themselves to being ordinary observers when very sensitive issues with very high potential to diminish and damage Your Excellency’s revered status in the country is being considered”.
The former Director General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF noted that it is important therefore to caution APC to keep faith with basic tenets of democracy as its major campaign message to Nigerians for the 2023 elections.
“This was eloquently highlighted in Your Excellency’s message to our Progressive Governors when you stated that ‘the key to electoral successes is the ability to hold consultations and for members to put the nation above other interests.’
“The temptation for leaders to choose their successors is democratically risky and very costly. If in 2013/2014, Your Excellency could submit yourself to internal democratic processes, it is important that your successor also follows the same process.
“It may also be necessary to highlight that a major disadvantage with succession arrangement whereby Governors chose their successors is that it negatively affects relationship between the successor and the predecessor, which undermines capacity to influence actions or inactions of successors by their predecessors.
“Your Excellency, since the period of negotiating the merger that produce our party APC, I have been a proponent of ensuring that our party takes every step to preserve our leaders who could exercise moral authority.
“This means that leaders who are highly respected on account of their standing in society should not hold elective or appointive positions.”
President Buhari and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo
Nigeria 2023 election: Buhari warns diplomats against meddling in polls
Nigeria is going to the poll again in February 2023. The race has begun in earnest with political parties selling interest and nomination forms. Ahead the polls, Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a warning to diplomats against interreference in the elections.
The warning was made during an Iftar dinner with diplomats on Thursday at the president’s residence in the capital, Abuja.
Presidential elections are scheduled for February 2023.
“As Nigeria goes through this trajectory, I urge our friends in the global community, represented by you the diplomatic corps, to adopt a positive role that reinforces the doctrine of respect for our internal affairs and respect for facts and devoid of pre-conceived notions and bias,” Mr Buhari is quoted as saying in a statement.
He also vowed to crack down on electoral fraud.
“Those planning to rig the forthcoming elections should think twice because I intend to resolutely protect and defend the sacred will of the Nigerian people, to be expressed through the ballot box,” he said.
Mr Buhari’s second term ends in May 2023 and he is not eligible for re-election.
I said we will get Police, Army to caution South-East, and I we will do it—Buhari Insists
Despite the uproar fomented by his Twitter comment to teach a section of Nigerians the language they understand, Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that he would still fulfil his promise.
Following reports of insurgency in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, the part noted for rebellion and fighting the country in a civil war of 1967 to 1970, the President, in a live programme, which was later tweeted, made an uncomplimentary reference to the war as he threatened the Igbo people.
He said: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand,” Buhari tweeted.
Buhari’s comment elicited widespread angst across the globe which led Twitter to delete the comment, citing breach of community rules. In reaction to the deletion of the comment, the Nigerian Twitter banned Twitter operations in the country.
While fielding questions from Arise News crew on Wednesday in Abuja, Buhari said he owed nobody apology for his comment, insisting that he would do it.
Currently, there is a massive military campaign in the South-East which has led to the killing of innocent people and attributing it to operations of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, Equals President Buhari with Nnamdi Kanu
Nigerian Minister, Lai Moh’d Equals President Buhari with Nnamdi Kanu
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has accused Twitter of partiality for taking drastic action against President Muhammadu Buhari’s hateful tweet whereas Twitter never took such action against a secessionist leader, Nnamdi Kanu who had done similar tweet as Buhari.
Mr. Mohammed who spoke to Channels TV, a Nigerian based station said Twitter’s mission in Nigeria was suspicious.
Mr. Mohammed may have forgotten that Buhari is a President of the most populous nation in Africa; acclaimed giant of Africa whereas Nnamdi Kanu is an outlawed secessionist.
Mohammed’s comments came after Twitter deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet where he issued a threat to the people of South-East Nigeria, making reference to Nigeria’s civil war.
While defending its action, the tech company said the President’s tweet violated its rules.
But briefing State House reporters at the Presidential Villa on Wednesday in Abuja, the Minister accused Twitter of ignoring inciting tweets by the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and others, adding that Nigeria would not be fooled.
“We have a country to rule and we will do so to the best of our ability. Twitter’s mission in Nigeria is very suspect, they have an agenda,” he said.
“The mission of Twitter in Nigeria is very suspicious. Has Twitter deleted the violent tweets that Nnamdi Kanu has been sending? Has it? The same Twitter during the ENDSARS protests that were funding ENDSARS protesters, it was the first to close the account of the former president of the US, Trump.
“And you see when people were burning police stations and killing policemen in Nigeria during ENDSARS, for Twitter, it was about the right to protest. But when a similar thing happened on the Capitol, it became insurrection.”
He recalled the #EndSARS protest during which government and private property were either looted or destroyed in October last year, noting that the company also displayed the same bias during the period.
The minister also asked what rule of Twitter President Buhari violated to warrant his tweet to be deleted, wondering why previous tweets on #EndSARS protests were taken out.
Mohammed added, “Twitter may have its own rules, it’s not the universal rule. If Mr. President, anywhere in the world feels very bad and concern about a situation, he is free to express such views. Now, we should stop comparing apples with oranges.
“If an organisation is proscribed, it is different from any other which is not proscribed. Two, any organisation that gives directives to its members, to attack police stations, to kill policemen, to attack correctional centers, to kill warders, and you are now saying that Mr. President does not have the right to express his dismay and anger about that?
“We are the ones guilty of double standards. I don’t see anywhere in the world where an organisation, a person will stay somewhere outside Nigeria and will direct his members to attack the symbols of authority, the police, the military, especially when that organisation has been proscribed. By whatever name, you can’t justify giving orders to kill policemen or to kill anybody you do not agree with.”
President Buhari had during a meeting with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, issued a stern warning to those plotting to destroy Nigeria, saying they will soon receive the shock of their lives.
He also condemned the series of attacks on INEC facilities, stressing that the Federal Government has given the perpetrators enough time.
“I receive daily security reports on the attacks, and it is very clear that those behind them want this administration to fail,” President Buhari said
Your Voice has been heard, loud and clear, Buhari Addresses Nigerian Protesters
Your Voice has been heard, loud and clear, Buhari Addresses Protesters
After two weeks of protests in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the people at 7:00PM Local Time stating that the voice of the protesters had been heard loud and clear.
The President pleaded with the angry youths to leave the street and come to dialogue table. He also promised to preserve the unity of the country.
It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs.
I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country, against the excesses of some members of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
On Monday 12th October, I acknowledged the genuine concerns and agitations of members of the public regarding the excessive use of force by some members of SARS.
The choice to demonstrate peacefully is a fundamental right of citizens as enshrined in Section 40 of our Constitution and other enactments, but this right to protest also imposes on the demonstrators the responsibility to respect the rights of other citizens, and the necessity to operate within the law.
As a democratic government, we listened to, and carefully evaluated the five-point demands of the protesters. And, having accepted them, we immediately scrapped SARS, and put measures in place to address the other demands of our youth.
On approving the termination of SARS I already made it clear that it was in line with our commitment to the implementation of extensive Police reforms.
Sadly, the promptness with which we have acted seemed to have been misconstrued as a sign of weakness and twisted by some for their selfish unpatriotic interests.
The result of this is clear to all observers: human lives have been lost; acts of sexual violence have been reported; two major correctional facilities were attacked and convicts freed; public and private properties completely destroyed or vandalised;
Muhammadu Buhari the sanctity of the Palace of a peace-maker, the Oba of Lagos has been violated. So-called protesters have invaded an International Airport and in the process disrupted the travel plans of fellow Nigerians and our visitors.
All these executed in the name of the ENDSARS protests. I am indeed deeply pained that innocent lives have been lost. These tragedies are uncalled for and unnecessary.
Certainly, there is no way whatsoever to connect these bad acts to legitimate expression of grievance of the youth of our country.
The spreading of deliberate falsehood and misinformation through the social media in particular, that this government is oblivious to the pains and plight of its citizens, is a ploy to mislead the unwary within and outside Nigeria into unfair judgement and disruptive behaviour.
On the contrary, both our deeds and words have shown how committed this administration has been to the well being and welfare of citizens, even with the steadily dwindling revenues, and the added responsibilities and restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Government has put in place measures and initiatives principally targeted at youths, women and the most vulnerable groups in our society. These included our broad plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years; the creation of N75 billion National Youth Investment Fund to provide opportunities for the youths, and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Survival Fund, through which government is:
a. paying 3-months salaries of the staff of 100,000 micro, small- and medium- enterprises
b. paying for the registration of 250,000 businesses at the Corporate Affairs Commission
c. giving a grant of N30,000 to 100,000 artisans
d. guaranteeing market for the products of traders
These are in addition to many other initiatives such as:
Farmermoni,
b. Trader Moni,
c. Marketmoni,
d. N-Power,
e. N-Tech and
f. N-Agro.
No Nigerian government in the past has methodically and seriously approached poverty-alleviation like we have done.
With regard to the welfare of police personnel, the National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission has been directed to expedite action on the finalization of the new salary structure of members of the Nigeria Police Force.
The emoluments of other paramilitary services are also being reviewed upwards.
In order to underscore the importance of education in preparing youths for the future, this administration has come up with a new salary structure and other incentives for our teachers.
Let me at this point reaffirm the Federal Government’s commitment to preserving the unity of this country. We will continue to improve good governance and our democratic process, including through sustained engagement. We shall continue to ensure that liberty and freedom, as well as the fundamental rights of all citizens, are protected.
But remember that government also has the obligation to protect lives and properties, as well as the right of citizens to go about their daily businesses freely and protected from acts of violence.
To our neighbours in particular, and members of the international community, many of whom have expressed concern about the ongoing development in Nigeria, we thank you and urge you all to seek to know all the facts available before taking a position or rushing to judgement and making hasty pronouncements.
In the circumstances, I would like to appeal to protesters to note and take advantage of the various well-thought-out initiatives of this administration designed to make their lives better and more meaningful and resist the temptation of being used by some subversive elements to cause chaos with the aim of truncating our nascent democracy.
For you to do otherwise will amount to undermining national security and the law and order situation. Under no circumstances will this be tolerated.
I, therefore, call on our youths to discontinue the street protests and constructively engage government in finding solutions.
Your voice has been heard loud and clear and we are responding. And I call on all Nigerians to go about their normal businesses and enjoin security agencies to protect the lives and properties of all law-abiding citizens without doing harm to those they are meant to protect.
Let me pay tribute to officers of the Nigeria Police Force who have tragically lost their lives in the line of duty. I would like to thank those State Governors, traditional and religious leaders who have appealed for calm and restraint.
I also thank youth leaders who have restrained their followers from taking the law into their hands.
This government respects and will continue to respect all the democratic rights and civil liberties of the people, but it will not allow anybody or groups to disrupt the peace of our nation.
Thank you all. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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