Media, Ungrateful Nigerians Slanting NDA Attack As Failure Of Buhari Regime – Adesina

President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, claims that the media and his critics portray the bandits’ attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy as a failure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

In Nigeria article published on Thursday, Mr Adesina said that the media distorted the attack on the NDA, which left at least two people dead and one kidnapped, to depict Mr Buhari as a failure.

“It is both sad and disheartening to observe the construct that some people try to give certain developments in the country. And that came out in bold relief in this week’s attack on the officers’ quarters of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), in which two people were killed, and one abducted.

“The news headlines, the slant of the stories, the analyses and discussions, all tended to paint a narrative of the humiliation of our military, the failure of government, and the fact that anarchy had been unleashed on the land,” Mr Adesina.

Since criminals freely infiltrated Nigeria’s foremost military training school to wreak havoc on Tuesday, the country has been flooded with rising fears and censure of the government’s security establishment.

Former military intelligence chief Kunle Olawunmi, speaking on Channels TV after the attack, claimed the Buhari administration has been sluggish in pursuing rebels since their sponsors include well-known top Aso Villa officials, some of whom are even governors and senators.

Mr Adesina, on the other hand, believes that the reaction to the NDA attack demonstrates that the country is replete with “haters of government and humanity.”

“Watching, listening to and reading all the deliberate obfuscation of the matter reinforces the conviction once again that our country is filled with haters of government, of humanity, of good, and even of God. They deliberately muddy the waters, rejoice at evil and all forms of iniquity,” Mr Adesina said.

Blaming citizens for raising the alarm on increasing insecurity under Mr Buhari’s watch, Mr Adesina said, “What kind of people are we, really? Instead of rallying our military, encouraging them and spurring the government further into action, they say the foulest things that can come from the nether region. Government is incompetent.

“The military is no good. They’ve been humiliated, and they only stop short of doing a jig on television, spewing expletives and concocting conspiracy theories. They simply forget where we were coming from, and where we now are. Ungrateful. Unthankful. Ungracious,” he added.

Bandits attack on NDA comes barely two weeks after Mr Adesina claimed that insecurity is being played up to rubbish Mr Buhari’s achievements.