‘This Is Sarcasm’ – Aisha’s Birthday Message Calling Buhari ‘Incorruptible’ Sparks Reactions
First Lady Aisha Buhari’s birthday message to President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as sarcasm by some Twitter users.
Aisha took to the social media platform at 12:46 a.m. on Tuesday to congratulate President Buhari on attaining 77 years of age.
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“Happy Birthday to MY incorruptible GMB (General Muhammadu Buhari)” the First Lady wrote, adding “I wish you Allah’s Guidance Protection and Good Health to continue steering the affairs of our dear nation. Long Live GMB. Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria!”
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Some twitter users who reacted to Aisha’s tweet suggested that that the First Lady’s post was cryptic and sarcastic.
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While some disagreed with Aisha’s description of her husband as “incorruptible”, others took interest in the First Lady’s description of the president as “GMB”, an acronym for General Muhammadu Buhari.
A twitter user (@yungeorge5588) said: “Incorruptible what?! This should be the best sarcasm ever.”
@Eion7 said, “strange sort of felicitations from a spouse. Not the love of my live, sweetheart, or my dear etc but my incorruptible GMB?. Sounds more like you are referring to someone who is a stranger to your loved one.”
@BroVic said, “Bruh, verystrange. Surprised she even tweeted it in the first place. Might be a codedmessage.”
@Rhisokwa said, “We all saw it, she knows he isn’t a democrat”
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@etostokia1 said, “Am surprised she used incorruptible GMB of all names to call him on his birthday. It’s not a good sign.”
Meanwhile, Aisha’s choice to refer to Buhari as “General” in the birthday message came less than a week after the presidency slammed Punch Newspapers for taking a stand to henceforth refer to Buhari by his last military title (Major General) when he ruled Nigeria as a military dictator. The newspaper had also resolved to address Buhari’s administration as a regime due to his alleged disrespect for the rule of law.
But Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, described the new editorial policy of Punch as “totally curious and utterly incredible.”
Shehu said, “It is not within the power or rights of a newspaper to unilaterally and whimsically change the formal official title or the designation of the country’s President as it pleases,” adding that “It is obvious that the Punch newspapers are playing partisan opposition politics which has nothing to do with journalism.”
In January 2018, the federal government had through the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) had released a circular on how President Buhari should be addressed.
The circular which was dated January 26, 2018, said Buhari “shall henceforth be addressed as ‘MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA’ except in purely Armed Forces Programmes, where ‘COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA’ will be added.”
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“All concerned persons should accordingly be guided and ensure strict compliance with the contents of this Circular.”
