The campaign council of President Muhammadu Buhari has said the comment made by Mr Buhari in Zamfara State was a “joke”.

The opposition had condemned the president’s comments as an incitement.

Mr Buhari, while concluding his remarks in Hausa at a campaign rally in Gusau, Zamfara State on Sunday, said he was happy that the nation had two rainy seasons that enabled farmers to make good yield.

He then prayed for another fruitful rainy season. “What I actually want is for everyone to feed well and as for those who want to continue with their “fitna”, (they) can go ahead”.

The word “fitna” in Hausa literally mean “crisis” and because Zamfara state is experiencing insecurity as a result of the activities of bandits who daily kill and kidnap citizens of the state, many interpret his comments as a call to continued violence.

The candidate of the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, speaking in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday, said the comments by Mr Buhari was “unpresidential”.

In a statement on Tuesday, the spokesperson of the Buhari campaign organisation, Festus Keyamo, said typical of the Atiku campaign, “they have continued in their favourite pastime of peddling falsehood, scaremongering and misinformation”.

Mr Keyamo said the comment by Mr Abubakar accusing the president of promoting violence was false.

“The Hausa word the President used in Zamfara, which has been taken out of context, is “fitna”.

“Incidentally all our Hausa language scholars have said the word means different things: it means distress, trial, affliction or temptation. It can also be used to describe rebellion or uprising.

“In this case, President Buhari was actually weighing in on the joke told very often of recent in the North that due to the rice boom, farmers have embarked on pilgrimage and the marrying of more wives.

“So, what the President meant was actually a joke deliberately taken out of context: he simply told the crowd to ensure they eat very well because of the rice boom before they can contemplate giving in to those temptations,” Mr Keyamo said.

The campaign spokesperson said even in some private meetings with the campaign team, Mr Buhari has always commented on this joke.

“Sadly, out of desperation, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has decided to peddle falsehood.

“We urge Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to realize that it is God Almighty that gives power and takes power. He should not use his palpable desperation to return to power (in order to sell Nigeria to his “friends” and to make them rich) to set this nation ablaze by outright falsehood,” Mr Keyamo said.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/312092-buharis-violence-comment-a-joke-campaign-council.html

Can U imagine!! A joke? So d crisis d state is experiencing is a joking matter? These ppl no jus get sense and shame.. Somebody asked those wrecking havoc in d state to continue and U guys claim it's a joke.. And imagine d hopeless explanations dis Keyamo is giving.. Keyamo who is neither an Hausa man nor from d north trying to give d contextual meaning of an Hausa word.. Seriously all APC ppl are jus plain mad

I Have Said time and Time over that

APC is a Curse to Humanity!!

Whoever Ordained Keyamo SAN should be Sacked Immediately...

Keyamo has A Dead Conscience and is an Unprofitable Human...


Apc is a Group of Occultic and Wicked fellows that should not be allowed to Exists..

From Pmb to Elrufai to Tinubu to Keyamo to all of them, one Common denominator is Blood...

Most of buhari' supporters know he has nothing to offer again hence to defend him, they have to go forceful.
Pmb has failed.
As a military president, Nigeria experienced recession.
As a civilian president, Nigeria still experienced recession.
A man whose wife said, cabals are now in charge of the govt.
A man who claims to fight corruption yet dines with Akpabio, Ganduje, Obanikoro...n.b. these names have cases with efcc.Almost all the members of the APC Presidential Campaign Media Directorate operate from the BMC, with the exception of those with appointments. And this excludes Lai Mohammad’s well-oiled lie squad.
When a government takes propaganda and mind-management this seriously, you know it’s not ready to change. Good deeds are their own PR. It is when people determine that they don’t want to do good deeds that they resort to mindless propaganda. If only they invested and expended as much energy in managing the economy as they do in propaganda, we won’t be where we are. I have more, but I will stop here for now.

Damage control...
We all know that Buhari loves violence. He meant exactly what he said.

Buhari is a desperate drowning man!! You know the rest

Buhari is very serious about causing violence after he loses.


We've not forgotten about the "dogs and baboons story" that claimed the lives of innocent corpers in the north.


But he should not forget that nobody has the monopoly of violence.

APC is a Useless party walahi

Buhari is a disaster but we are sending him back come feb 16.My fear is will Buhari willingly hand over to Atiku if Atiku wins the presidential election? That man is very desperate.

Meaning all the promises he has been making are all jokes






You're all sick


Ndi Ara, Ndi Ara

Trust desperate PDP to try to twist the story.

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Joke ke

If na joke him dey joke for 2011, 2015 & now 2019 E mean say Buhari na ACCREDITED COMEDIAN

EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OF CALL TO VIOLENCE IN 2011

Watch this video and ask yourself why you are voting BUHARI




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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2Bel548kY

https://www.legit.ng/351709-video-shows-buhari-calling-for-violence-after-2011-polls.html

Buhari is a vampire

Did they just say that was a joke?

After banning my account, the mods here decided to set me free

Its a shame for buhari to have repeated the monkey and baboon blood flow treat againe.

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ClearFlair:
Trust desperate PDP to try to twist the story.

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PMB must be insensitive to joke with human life's.

Festus the Urhobo man now understands Hausa more than Buhari? OK oh

GoldChest:
PDP is a Useless party walahi
Peter Obi is a useless pig.
Atiku is a thief. He is one of the problems of Nigeria.
I hereby renounce my support for Atiku. Sai Buhari! Buhari till 2023

Thank God for your life o. You have been stupid in the past sha.

Keep joking till u get to Daura.
Insensitive and violence prone president.. This is d outcome of lack of education.

Blood and baboon too is a joke right?

RUBBISH PROPAGANDA FROM THE DESPERATE PDP.



4+4=NEXT LEVEL JOOR!!!

lol...

then he should have used riyawa or jaraba...

fitna is more closely related to crisis or rebellion against a leader...

ClearFlair:


Thank God for your life o. You have been stupid in the past sha.

See painment

Zombie have you eaten today ?

Someone that treats the constitution like a list of suggestion.

As a president he's a joke.

PDP is cursed. They try to make political capital out of everything - even this joke.