My take on the PMB's Hausa Broadcast to Nigerian Muslims.
I have pondered a while on the supposed message to Nigerians in Hausa language by President Buhari.
These are my thoughts:
I believe the voice is the voice of PMB and not any phoney laboratory creation.
I also believe strongly that PMB never Intended the statement to be used as a direct message to nation. It's one of two possibilities
I also believe strongly that PMB never Intended the statement to be used as a direct message to nation. It's one of two possibilities
The media handlers in desperation to
dispel unwarranted rumours of the president "death" or extreme
incapacitation, arranged for a correspondent of BBC Hausa service to
record a message for their station to be related to their listeners. The
claim that it was an interview cannot be correct. An interview is a
question and answer session not a monologue. What question was PMB
answering when he said " I Mohammadu Buhari...."
The other possibility which I
consider to be more probable is that someone, maybe Garba Shehu,
requested a message from PMB. Because he was talking with an aide who is
a notherner, he spoke to him in Hausa expecting that this will
naturally be translated to English and issued out officially from the
Presidency.
Thereafter before the official
process could be concluded someone has forwarded an advance copy to BBC
Hausa service, and journalists being who they are with insatiable desire
for scoops and breaking news, released it instant for maximum effects.
No matter how we look at it, sheer
desperation has caused someone to commit a near fatal Public Relation
disaster. Alas, the President suffers an incalculable damage for that
but I am sure the handlers have learnt yet another painful lesson
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