Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, has opened up on his worst experiences as Buhari’s spokesperson. Shehu, who previously served as spokesman of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, was appointed by Buhari in 2015 and reappointed in 2019. In an interview with BBC, Shehu revealed that his statements on Kankara abduction and Zabarmari massacre were his worst experiences under Buhari. In November 2020, Boko Haram militants attacked a group of rice farmers in Zabarmari, Borno State, Nigeria. The attack resulted in the deaths of at least 43 farmers, Garba Shehu issued a statement in which he claimed that the farmers had “no permission to be there.”This statement was widely condemned, with many people accusing Shehu of blaming the victims for their own deaths.

Source: Ethiopian News May 29, 2023 04:01 UTC