PMB’s Body Language Fuelling Tension In South-East, South-West –APC Chieftain
POLITICS DIGEST –Former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in Niger State, Jonathan Tsado Vatsa, came hard on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government, accusing the President of being responsible for undue tension in South-East and South-Western parts of the country.
Vatsa, a former publicity secretary of the party in Niger State, also described the increasing rate of insecurity, banditry, assassination, armed robbery, kidnapping and other forms of criminalities as “bad advertisement” for not only the President but the ruling party.
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The former commissioner in Niger State, who turned 60 on Monday, spoke shortly after visiting the Minna Orphanage and Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDPs) camp. He appealed to President Buhari to change his body language to give every Nigerian a sense of belonging in order to end growing tension.
“The President’s body language, high level of injustice, unfair treatment to some sections of this country and lack of equity for all, as well as marginalisation, are responsible for the current tension in parts of the country, especially in South-East and South-West”.
According to the APC chieftain: “We all know why there is tension in parts of the country but nobody wants to say the truth. Mr. President should change his body language because there is anger over certain actions and pronouncements by him”.
He pointed out that current agitations from the South-East and the South-West for secession were more of reactions to what he described as, “High level of injustice and marginalisation of the two zones by the present administration.
