REVE.ALED! Why Buhari can't trust the Igbos | Watch Video
chuks oti
Feb 08, 2021
Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode in a trending video has revealed the conversation between him and President Muhammadu Buhari in 2013 on why Buhari does not trust the Igbo.
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In the video, shot in 2017, Fani-Kayode claims that Buhari told him that Igbo people could not be trusted because of the killings of Northern political and military officers in the 15 January coup of 1966.
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Mimicking Buhari's manner of speaking, FFK says Buhari told him: "They killed our leaders. And we can never forget it. It is a cultural problem. You can't trust them."
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FFK revealed the conversation to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra.
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The video has now been uploaded by Reno Omokri, an aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
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Curiously, Buhari before then had picked two Igbo candidates as running mates in two presidential bids, before winning the election in 2015, with a Yoruba, South west candidate, Yemi Osinbajo.
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In 2003, he ran with former senate president Chuba Okadigbo.
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In 2007, he ran with another Igbo candidate, Chief Ume Ezeoke, a second Republic speaker of the House of Representatives.
However, the pairings did not yield votes in the South east states.
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In 2011, Buhari picked Pastor Tunde Bakare. The ticket also failed.
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