A crowd of Borno residents , on Wednesday , booed the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd . ) , as his convoy drove through Maiduguri , the state capital .
Buhari , upon returning from a five – day trip to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, paid a condolence visit to the north -eastern state, following a Boko Haram attack .
Though Buhari and his aides had repeatedly told Nigerians that Boko Haram was defeated , the terrorists killed 30 and abducted several women and children in a raid last Sunday .
The attack reportedly targeted the village of Auno on a key highway, linking Maiduguri .
At least 18 vehicles comprising trailers , buses , and cars were said to have been burnt by the insurgents , who laid siege on their village about 9 . 50 pm on Sunday .
In viral videos on Twitter , residents , including children , could be seen expressing their disapproval as the President ’ s convoy drove past .
They could be heard chanting, “ Bama yi ! Bama so ! ( We don ’ t want ! We are not doing !)”
One user said , Mansur Ahmed , said, “ Kai, not so good for Mr Integrity @ MBuhari . These people are not asking for too much , are they @ NigeriaGov?”
Similarly , @ SGezee , stated, “ From this video here the power is really angry . ”
Abubakar Mohammed also said, “ We have to express our opinion because we want justice. ”
Adamu Sadiq noted , “ Our eyes are open . Now , this is a clear warning to the leaders ( that ) they should better take note . ”
The PUNCH reports that Buhari has been known to be popular in Borno State.
In the last Presidential election , Buhari had his widest margin of victory in Borno State, where he polled 836 , 496 votes out of 955 , 205 votes that were cast , which constitutes a margin of over 85 per cent .
His closest rival , Atiku Abubakar , of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 71, 788 votes .
Source:- Punchng
