This week, Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari made a joke and many Nigerians didn't find it funny.
At the airport when the president returned to Nigeria after a 10-day vacation to London, a journalist asked him about the recurring kidnapping on the Kaduna-Abuja highway.
His response was that he believed that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abubakar Adamu has been working hard to curtail it because "he's losing weight." Watch the video below.
VIDEO: President @Mbuhari says IG of Police is working hard because he is losing weight as answer to rising insecurity and kidnapping in Nigeria.
Credit @channelstv pic.twitter.com/63muSWmjqd
— Mr. Cole 🇳🇬 (@EternalNaija) May 6, 2019
Reactions;
Wow!
So after all the killings and kidnapping that has be ongoing, all that Buhari has to say is that he believes the IGP is working because he has lost weight.
Please who did we offend as a country?
— Sherishery (@Mz_sherifa) May 6, 2019
@MBuhari -I saw the IGP and he has really lost weight,that's a sign he is working really hard.
Buhari is sick in mind,body and in style.
It's unfortunate we have found here 😥— Hakym (@TheBogeyMan__) May 6, 2019
Buhari was asked if there is need to review the strategy on the recurring kidnapping on the Kaduna Abuja Highway. His response *‘I just saw the IGP now he is losing weight, that means he is working’*. FATHER LORD, who did we offend in this shithole called NIGERIA???
— Paul Gucchy Okonkwo * (@PaulGucchy) May 6, 2019
President Buhari's interview with Journalists yesterday on his arrival from London.
Journalists: What's your plan to curtail insecurity ravaging the country?
Buhari: “I have just seen the IGP (Inspector General of Police), he is losing weight so I think he is working hard”.😂😂 pic.twitter.com/8GLQOnU3rt
— Uche Ezeonye Official (@uche_ezeonye) May 7, 2019
His opponents during the last presidential elections weighed in
https://twitter.com/AJISCO30/status/1125419911059255296
‘Buhari has lost it’ – Sowore reacts to President’s comment on IGP losing weight over insecurity https://t.co/OJfZR6j718 pic.twitter.com/pb5z8tyufn
— Daily Post Nigeria (@DailyPostNGR) May 6, 2019
President @MBuhari welcome home. But I think it’s possible the @PoliceNG IGP lost weight because he was fasting against the bandits, or maybe he is on keto diet! Either way, we are still a long way from the security of life and property in Nigeria.
— Kingsley Moghalu (@MoghaluKingsley) May 6, 2019
Other reactions
Nigerians losing their lives. IGP losing weight.
— Ohimai Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) May 6, 2019
Picture 1, when he became Acting IGP.
Picture 2, when he started losing weight.Buhari still need to be on admission bed honestly. Thanks Ààre Vincent Olúsolá Arógbòdó for the post sir. pic.twitter.com/nxHV3pFxiS
— Nwachinemere🙏 (@Ebererachael) May 7, 2019
President Buhari's dry joke relating the IGP weight loss and working hard on security.
He just does not get it.
Buhari is just taking up space a real President should be occupying
— Paul بول Onaji (@paulinsky2) May 6, 2019
Buhari says acting IGP is losing weight so he is working!
That cracked me up good! I like his humour 😂#Buhari #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/fCrYshuAvD— Legal Finesse ♤ (@chief_kevwe) May 6, 2019
Read more reactions here.
Nairamarley arrested by EFCC
Today, we heard news that controversial Nigerian musician Nairamarley was arrested by officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos. According to reports, he was arrested alongside others in relation to advance fee fraud.
BREAKING: EFCC arrests Nigerian musician, Naira Marley https://t.co/ptmHuqy6H3
— Premium Times (@PremiumTimesng) May 10, 2019
This is coming just weeks after the artiste started a conversation on the morality of Yahoo Yahoo (cyber fraud) on Instagram and released a single titled Am I a yahoo boy?. He released the visuals of the song just yesterday featuring Zlatan Ibile. Apparently, today's his birthday.
Nigerians react to the news on social media, mostly with memes.
After singing am I a yahoo boy, Naira Marley gets a good greeting from EFCC. Welcome home dude EFCC replies pic.twitter.com/rGmgFKbvtY
— Media plug (@AkinbodeTa) May 10, 2019
Zlatan when offered to feature on a yahoo related song after naira Marley's arrest: pic.twitter.com/3XtlmkqM8c
— Mojola 🦅❤️ (@Mjayjay_) May 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/daniela83369423/status/1126766074077204480
EFCC: what is your name?
Naira Marley: Naira Marley
*Slaps*
EFCC: What is your name
Naira Marley: Afeez Fashola
EFCC: pic.twitter.com/KAjEG2pVRZ
— Ibadan City Hunter 🔥🐉🧹🕊️ (@R_Thobykov) May 10, 2019
Davido going to Naira Marley's page to delete his "nobody holy" on his comment box pic.twitter.com/S2nyU7jq2r
— Mojola 🦅❤️ (@Mjayjay_) May 10, 2019
Nobody:
Naira Marley: yahoo no be crime, if you know about slavery.....am i a yahoo boy ?
Simi 😕, Ruggedman 😡, Tunde Ednut 🥵;
EFCC pic.twitter.com/Mu6fGKTaJf
— Tosho MJ 𓅓 (@richtosho) May 10, 2019
Naira Marley : Contact me at [email protected]
EFCC : Can we book you for a show
Naira Marley : Sure, when do we meet
EFCC : Let's meet on Friday and seal off the deal
Naira Marley : I am here for the meeting.
EFCC : pic.twitter.com/SlpytRnipc
— Kabir Lateef (@Oneboykb) May 10, 2019
EFCC arrests Naira Marley ,at least give him a studio in his cell let him be giving us jams steady 😂 pic.twitter.com/jNvAai95XE
— 𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙷𝙸𝚃𝙴𝙲𝚃 𝙾𝙻𝙰𝙼𝙸𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙸𝚄𝚂𓂀☥ 🇳🇬 (@Olamigenius1) May 10, 2019
Other reactions
Davido spoke some sense into naira Marley amidst all the yahoo Yahoo and efcc drama going on pic.twitter.com/D0N6xz23g7
— Been Nova (@NOVA_INYAM) May 10, 2019
Naira Marley is a Goal
Yahoo is a Goal
Efcc is Goal
Court is a Goal
Possible Prison is a Goal
Freedom of speech is a Goal
But freedom after speech is not a goal😂No sane person supports fraud even though the person engages in it "Openly".
— 𝗥emi (@aderemimoses) May 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/RealDreylo/status/1126786123647389697
https://twitter.com/phunkeyfunny/status/1126765455820054528
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Drama in Kano state
On Wednesday this week, the Kano state house assembly moved to reduce the influence of Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II by passing a bill to remove the 36 local government areas of the sate from the Kano Emirate and creating four new emirates.
Kano House of Assembly passes a bill that will make room for the upgrading of four district heads into first class emirs. All that is now left is for the state governor to sign the bill into law.https://t.co/Yy8TWly2ty#Kano #Nigeria #EmirOfKano #BreakingNews #Breaking
— The Guardian Nigeria (@GuardianNigeria) May 8, 2019
How easy it was for the Kano assembly to pass bill for creation of 4 more emirs, all because of a bitter truth pill. However, they take forever to investigate Ganduje corruption and child abuse pic.twitter.com/Ai2bCv9QN6
— Emmanuel Adewole (@hemharnuel) May 8, 2019
Then we saw these;
BREAKING: Ganduje breaks Kano emirate into five https://t.co/x1AKalbgcB via @thecableng
— TheCable (@thecableng) May 8, 2019
BREAKING: Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje signs Kano State Emirs Appointment and Deposition Amendment Law 2019 after Kano Assembly pass the bill. This allows the creation of four additional Emirates in the State. pic.twitter.com/1c3sMOGtCh
— AMT 🇳🇬 (@AMTanimu) May 8, 2019
Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi will now be known and called Emir of Kano Municipal Emirate council
😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/ByofVVLbN3
— M. A. X (@iamhistory_) May 8, 2019
This person believes that this is the reason behind the decision;
This is the reason ganduje wants to remove emir Sanusi Muhammad Sanusi II
Because he condemned the politics of thuggery and enmity, and whoever wins the election should be enthroned, and whoever loses, should be patient and content pic.twitter.com/Xv1aAQXNoG
— ÆBBÆŜ_RÆŜHEED (@amb_abbas) May 8, 2019
Reactions
A huge disrespect to the history of the Kano Emirate
A 2000-year old institution has been bastardized because politics. Dethroning Emir Sanusi would have been more noble. Sad! https://t.co/urpOhW1uNd
— Bashir Dabo (@Bashir_Dabo) May 8, 2019
Ganduje is not smart at all. You don't destroy an institution because you dislike those that are running the institution. Kano emirate is more than Emir Sanusi.
— Lanre (@9jaOriginal) May 8, 2019
The Kano emirate is bigger than Ganduje and his political ambition and even bigger than Emir Sanusi as an individual. Dividing the Kano emirate is less a revenge on Emir Sanusi than it is a collective insult on Kano's history, tradition and heritage.
-Ahmad Musa Hussain— Duchesss👑✨ (@ayshamudi) May 7, 2019
The Kano emirate is bigger than Ganduje and his political ambition and even bigger than Emir Sanusi as an individual. Dividing the Kano emirate is less a revenge on Emir Sanusi than it is a collective insult on Kano's history, tradition and heritage Allah Ya kara Lafiya sarki pic.twitter.com/trvAtdUuzf
— ÆBBÆŜ_RÆŜHEED (@amb_abbas) May 8, 2019
Too bad for Emir Sanusi
A 2000-year old institution has been bastardized because politics. Dethroning Emir Sanusi would have been more noble. Sad! https://t.co/urpOhW1uNd
— Bashir Dabo (@Bashir_Dabo) May 8, 2019
I sympathize with Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over his recent persecution and attempts to humiliate him by all means. This is the price you pay for speaking truth to power. Some of us have gone to prison for this.
Take heart sir.
— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) May 8, 2019
He had it coming
When tyranny went after Saraki & NASS, what did Emir Sanusi say? When they broke into judges’ homes at night, what did he say? When they went after Onnoghen, what did he say? When they went after Zakzaky, what did he say?
Like I always say, the tyranny is enough to go round.
— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) May 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/NdirmbitaA/status/1126395957917229056
I'll rather talk about the size of Gala than to discuss the recent travails of Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi in Kano.
You cannot engineer the creation of a monster and think you'll not benefit from it? You lie! And for the rest of you, wait for it, they will soon get to you. B gd.
— Oyewole Michael 🇳🇬 (@Rolex7Michael) May 9, 2019
Almost all the people that contributed in pulling GEJ down are being faced with one travails or the other, karma is serving them one by one, the latest on the list is Emir Sanusi Lamido
No doubt GEJ head is very strong
— Abdul Basit (@AA_Basitt) May 9, 2019
Other reactions
Woke up to see some tweets rejoicing at Emir Sanusi's travails because he 'fought against GEJ’.
Imagine being salty because someone blew the whistle against corruption!Some of you people are Bastards sha.
— Pete (@Texazzpete) May 9, 2019
If Ganduje likes,he should add 30 emirates in Kano,we don't care because we only have one emir and he is Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi pic.twitter.com/VJHZmoHnxU
— Musty🇦🇪🇦🇪 (@mvsty01) May 9, 2019
Ganduje can create all sorts of facetious 'Emirates' he wants, but none will come even quarter way close to Emir Sanusi Lamido in prestige, charisma, intelligence and influence.
The office doesn't make the Man, the Man makes the office.— Wali. (@NWali_X) May 8, 2019
Secretly wishing that Muhammad Sanusi II (Sanusi Lamido) will just resign and run for presidency in 2023. I mean, what is he doing being an Emir of 8 Local Governments in Kano?
— Dr Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo) May 8, 2019
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Peter Obi's alleged heart attack
This week, reports that Peter Obi, the People’s Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections suffered a heart attack went viral on social media.
Unexpected and very sad news. I wish @PeterObi a quick recovery.
BREAKING: Peter Obi Suffers Heart Attack, Admitted In Anambra Hospital https://t.co/bZjlougPwf via @independentngr
— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 (@ogundamisi) May 7, 2019
Did Peter Obi truly suffer a heart attack? This is truly scary. Father in heavens, please heal him IJN. Amen.
— Madam President: Arinola Ifeoma Nnagi Awokoya @ 61 (@iyaboawokoya) May 7, 2019
I hope this news about Peter Obi and a heart attack, is not true. We have no room for any bad news abeg. Get well soon buddy.
— Susan (@SusanHenshaw50) May 8, 2019
Apparently, it wasn't true
“May I therefore use this medium to inform the public that Obi did not suffer any heart attack or any debilitating illness. He felt a bit feverish, which is one of the pangs of humanity, visited a hospital in Anambra state and that is all. Mr. Peter Obi is hale and hearty.”—Aide https://t.co/QgxOjJQcqH
— tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) May 8, 2019
This is Peter Obi in court a few minutes ago. Does this look like someone who has a heart attack? Peter Obi is fine. I spoke with him. He is strong in spirit and body. pic.twitter.com/y17gpenyma
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) May 8, 2019
Peter obi raise to power 2
One in the hospital for heart attack while the other one is in court as we speak
🤣🤣🤣
— Queen B (@obaolodo) May 8, 2019
It's unfortunate how people will just cook up unverified stories and put up social media. It's evil to wish someone evil. Thank God Peter Obi is hail hearty. I hope those peddling the rumour will retract.
— Maestro (@josites) May 8, 2019
Other reactions
Peter Obi had a heart attack yesterday, everyone's been praying for his quick recovery,not one hausa person or a South Westerner or Northerner had wished he died, now reverse the situation and imagine if these had happened to Buhari or Osinbajo the curses would be unbelievable
— ALHAJI OMOIYAWAEC777 (@OMOIYAWAEC77) May 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/NekkaSmith/status/1126155008708366336
https://twitter.com/PeterCross001/status/1126090512048513024
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