Twitter Users Attack Buhari For Describing Abacha’s Loot As Money ‘Illegally Taken From Nigeria’
President Muhammadu Buhari[/caption]
Nigerians have reacted to a statement posted on the official Twitter handle of President Muhammadu Buhari (@NGRPresident), which described Abacha’s loot as money that was “illegally taken from Nigeria under the Abacha administration”.
In a swift reaction to the post, some Twitter users said that the appropriate expression should have been ‘stolen’ or ‘looted’ money and not ‘illegally taken away’.
See tweets after the cut…
Nigeria is awaiting receipt, from Swiss Govt, of $320 million, identified as illegally taken from Nigeria under the Abacha administration
— President Buhari (@NGRPresident) April 27, 2016
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@NGRPresident You said in 2008 that Abacha never stole , now u are tweeting he stole
Are u sure you are Ok? pic.twitter.com/FvDPaHkvJl
— OchinanWata 1 (@mr_ochonogor) April 27, 2016
@mr_ochonogor @NGRPresident read d tweet again…”under the admin of abacha” not abacha, it could b any1..the guy is still protecting abacha
— ESE JOHNSON OKE (@Ese_sharp) April 27, 2016
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@NGRPresident So in your fight against corruption, some stole while others ‘Illegally took’ ? You’re a joke
— CAPTAIN (@PaulUtho) April 28, 2016
@NGRPresident illegally taken? You’re still afraid of admitting that the man you once hailed as a saint stole our treasury dry?
— CAPTAIN (@PaulUtho) April 28, 2016
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@NGRPresident that money was stolen! Not illegally taken. Call a spade a spade Mr president.
— Victor Oseha (@efevic) April 27, 2016
@NGRPresident @RajiDraj Your excellency Sir, don’t you think ‘Stolen’ would’ve been better than ‘illegally taken’.
— Ayekooto (@thebardogbamola) April 27, 2016
@NGRPresident I thought he said abacha wasn’t corrupt?
— KingLikeStephen (@stevesleek) April 27, 2016
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@NGRPresident didn’t I hear Buhari once said Abacha never stole anything. Are these then some spooky monies from an innocent Abacha?
— Iyore Frank Oroiwi (@frankoroiwi) April 27, 2016
@NGRPresident @benmurraybruce it was taken by who under Abacha the saint?
— Macgee (@tempthrills) April 27, 2016
@NGRPresident We actually don’t expect Buhari who was a key player in Abacha govt to say Abacha STOLE from Nigeria. Anti corruption, indeed!
— abiola kahdijat (@AbiolaKahdijat) April 27, 2016
@NGRPresident @benmurraybruce Please use the right word here “CORRUPTION’ that you’ve been using to call others. Your then boss was CORRUPT
— Otobo Daniel Inimeya (@sociodavinci) April 28, 2016
