Shehu Sani, a former Nigerian Senator and human rights activist, has attacked former President Muhammadu Buhari, accusing his government of recording unprecedented rate of insecurity during his administration.
Sani, who represented Southern Kaduna in the Senate, accused Northern stakeholders of keeping mute despite the high rate of killings during Buhari’s government.
Speaking through his Instagram handle on Sunday, the former Senator, who is the President of the Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria -. and the Chairman of Hand-in-Hand, Africa, stated that Northerners who have suddenly found their voice had kept quiet between 2015 to 2023 because President Buhari is a Northerner.
Putting the total number of casualties during the eight years of Buhari’s government at 63,111, Sani said in the post: “Many of them kept quiet and condoned the bloodshed and kidnappings in the North for eight years.
“They called us all sorts of names in their efforts at defending failure. They ignored the corpses of their brothers and sisters and were more interested in defending their President.
“They were silent when about 63,111 persons were killed; double that number were kidnapped, including 1,680 students.
“They lost their voice because the person at the helm then was their kinsman. They found their voice today because the person at the helm now is not their kinsman.”