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Gaddafi Comment: Nigerians Who Criticise Buhari are Suffering from Intellectual Laziness- Femi Adesina | CNR

Femi Adesina

Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina has taken a swipe at those criticising President Mohammadu Buhari's comments on the role of the late Libyan leader, Maummar Gaddafi in the increasing spate of terrorism in Nigeria, saying that those who twist the President's statement are suffering from intellectual laziness.

President Buhari had while receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby who visited him in London told the Anglican top cleric that the increasing spate of killings in Nigeria was due to influx of armed gunmen from Sahel region who were trained and armed by Maummar Gaddafi of Libya, into different parts of West Africa.

Mr. Buhari said: "The problem is even older than us. It has always been there, but now made worse by the influx of armed gunmen from the Sahel region into different parts of the West African sub-region. These gunmen were trained and armed by Muammar Gadaffi of Libya. When he was killed, the gunmen escaped with their arms. We encountered some of them fighting with Boko Haram.

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"Herdsmen that we used to know carried only sticks and maybe a cutlass to clear the way, but these ones now carry sophisticated weapons. The problem is not religious, but sociological and economic. But we are working on solutions", the Nigerian leader told Mr. Welby.

But back home in Nigeria, the President is under heavy criticism for blaming the inability of his government to suppress Boko Haram Islamist terrorists and killer Fulani herdsmen on the late Libyan leader, Maummar Gaddafi, who died six years ago.

However, in a swift attempt to clarify and defend the President's position, Presidential adviser on Media, Adesina said some people were trying to twist the President's words by claiming that he was blaming Gaddafi, long dead, for the killings in Nigeria.

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"Since President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Archbishop of Canterbury in London on Wednesday, and spoke on the likely impact of gunmen trained by former Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, on the killings by herdsmen in Nigeria, some people have virtually flown off the handle, ululating as if wailing was going out of fashion.

"They twisted the meaning of Mr President's words (yes, some people twist everything, even the words of God; 2 Peter:3, 15,16). They claimed he was blaming Gaddafi, long dead, for the killings in Nigeria". Adesina wrote in his official Facebook page.

He berated President Buhari's critics, describing them as vacuous and intellectually lazy, who twisted the President's comments out of sheer malice and evil hearts.

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"But let's see the vacuousness and intellectual laziness in the twist they have given what President Buhari said, out of sheer malice and evil hearts. Sadly, even a Senator was involved in the sickening display of poisonous heart. That's what you get when small minds get into high places.

"The problem is even older than us," said President Buhari. If anybody is not challenged with simple understanding of English language, does this mean pre-Gaddafi? The former Libyan leader was born in 1942, and killed in October 2011, making him 69 years old at the time of his death. So, did he cause clashes between farmers and herdsmen, which the President said was older than most living Nigerians? Only rabidly mischievous minds can conceive such.

"It has always been there, but now made worse..." If you say something has been exacerbated by a factor, does it mean such factor is the cause? Simply illogical.

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"The President talked about the influx of militia trained, armed and used by Gaddafi, who now dispersed into different countries, including possibly Nigeria, after the Libyan strongman's death. Are some people claiming ignorance of such development, despite it being global knowledge? So deep must be the ignorance of such people. Simple research will show them the Libyan influence on proliferation of small arms all over Africa, after Gaddafi's death.

"The President then talked about the herdsmen we used to know, who carried just sticks, and at worst a cutlass, saying those armed with sophisticated weapons were unknown to this clime. Is that not true?

"If herdsmen have suddenly turned murderous in a country, it calls for all sorts of interrogation, including intellectual, as to what may have gone wrong. The causes could be multifarious. And solutions must be jointly proffered. 

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"The tendency now is to twist and slant every word from President Buhari in the negative, all in a bid to demean, de-market, and demonize him, and make him unattractive to the electorate. But those who do it are to be pitied. Sensible Nigerians know what the President is doing for the country, and would queue behind him at the polls next year. At the end of it all, the detractors would be holding the short ends of the stick, and looking small, forlorn and disconsolate. Where would they then hide their faces?

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