Press Release

Leave Professor Olayemi Alone, Buhari Group Warns Mischief Makers

A leading support group of the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration has advised mischief makers in the Federal University Lokoja to stop their campaign of calumny against the erudite Professor of history and the university he leads.

In a statement released to newsmen in Abuja by the North Central Coordinator of the Buhari for Better Tomorrow Movement (BFBTM), Mallam Abubakar Shaibu, the group accused some ethnic bigots working in collaboration with some vested interests within the university environment of manufacturing the lies, unsubstantiable claims and hallucinations against the renowned Professor.

We are aware that the university has been a dumping ground for some of the low class and non-performing staff over the years but that poor rating of the university changed within one year of Mr. President's appointment of Professor Olayemi Durotimi Akinwumi; a feat we cherish for adding colour to the successes of the Buhari administration

Is it not ludicrous that a day after the news of the excellent scoring of the university's performance in the last one year was unveiled to Nigerians by a team of erudite professors who went to the University's College of Health sciences for Resource Verification, that some disgruntled irredentists went to sponsor their concocted lies against the Professor and the University in the media?

We are not against anyone who want to use legitimate means to get promotion or grant for further studies, but allowing such selfish desire to grow to the level of trying to tarnish the reputation of Professor Olayemi and the Buhari administration is what we will not take for granted anymore.

Therefore, we in Buhari for Better Movement are very proud of Professor Olayemi for bringing glory to our government and would not fail to recommend him for National Honour's Award when the time comes.

Signed:

Mallam Abubakar Shaibu,
North Central Coordinator,
Buhari for Better Tomorrow Movement