17/07/2024
Instances of populism gone ment.
In a recent viral video, Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, was seen ordering his security detail to slap a man who volunteered to offer the closing prayer during the 3-day fidau prayer for the late wife of the state Deputy Governor, Hajiya Zainab Yakubu Garba. The governor, who moderated the session, said towards the end: “…Let’s get a cleric to pray for us.” The man had raised his hand to collect the microphone from him to pray.
This infuriated the governor, who questioned the man’s credentials and then told his security details in Hausa Language: “I will slap you. Are you a cleric? Come here. Slap him first. I say slap him well, well! Arrest him and teach him a lesson. I have sweet part of me and bitter part of me.”
In a recent viral video, Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, was seen ordering his security detail to slap a man who volunteered to offer the closing prayer during the 3-day fidau prayer for the late wife of the state Deputy Governor, Hajiya Zainab Yakubu Garba. The governor, who…