President Buhari is not intolerant of critics - Labbo

- The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has dismissed insinuations that President Muhammadu Buhari is intolerant of critics

- The coordinator of the group, Malam Muhammad Labbo said the president has shocked even his critics

- He noted that the president has been tolerant in the face of extreme provocations

The coordinator of BMSG, Malam Muhammad Labbo has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari is too busy to be distracted by the memo written to him by Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

Laboo made the comments in a statement distributed to journalists on Wednesday, March 22.

Laboo also dismissed insinuations that the president is intolerant of critics, stressing that Buhari has shocked his critics “with an amazing tolerance in the face of extreme provocations caused by unprintable personal attacks.”

According to him, contrary to accusations of President Buhari’s dictatorial disposition, no critic of his government, his policies as well as those who insulted him personally on social and traditional media have been arrested or harassed.

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Similarly, Labbo said that President Buhari had shown a “thick skin’’ despite cases of deliberate and malicious personal attacks by political opponents, adding that not once did the president go after anybody for criticizing him.

He explained that the president had never tagged any party member as an enemy because the person publicly criticized his policies.

Laboo further stated that as a democrat, President Buhari would continue to accommodate dissent, adding that the president had not and would never use the party machinery to fight any perceived critic.

Labbo also said that the president is so focused on his change agenda and how to make life better for Nigerians that he would not allow himself to be distracted by the load of negativites being churned out by critics.

“Unhealthy cynicism that constantly focuses on discrediting and playing down the achievements of the Buhari administration is not what our democracy desires, just as praying for the government to fail is not desirable,’’ Labbo said.

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Meanwhile, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on new media, Pastor Reno Omokri has said that Governor El-Rufai poses a threat to Nigeria as a whole.

Omokri also accused the governor of trying to bring President Buhari’s government down.

Source: Legit.ng