Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s $1million donation to the Taliban government in Afghanistan could have been used to buy bomb detectors for Abuja-Kaduna railway, which according to him, would have prevented Monday night’s horrendous terrorist attack on a Kaduna bound train.
President Buhari had come under severe criticisms weeks ago when the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (IOC) disclosed that he gifted $1 million to the government of Afghanistan.
Returning to the topic in the wake of the Kaduna train attack, Omokri who was an aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, noted that such an amount that was given to Afghanistan could have been spent on security in Nigeria and could have prevented an incident like the Abuja-Kaduna train attack.
Omokri, in his tweets on Wednesday, said, “Dear Buhari, Just this month you gave $1 million to the terrorist government of Afghanistan. That money could have bought 10 bomb detectors for the Abuja-Kaduna rail. You spent $8 million on repentant Boko Haram. Wouldn’t that have been best spent on bomb detectors?”
According to him, Buhari had 10 Presidential jets and more than 10 Mercedes Benzes worth over ₦1 billion, but could not provide even one bomb detector for the Abuja-Kaduna rail, six months after it was first bombed on October 22, 2022.
“Nigeria has 2 terrorists. Buhari and the bandits,” he tweeted.
Omokri continued, “The machine that would have detected bombs on the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks cost about ₦180 million. Yet, the Buhari regime did not purchase it. But Buhari spent over ₦200 million buying a bullet proof Mercedes Maybach for himself. Buhari cares only about himself!”
He added, “How many people did IPOB kill before Buhari threatened them with his now infamous ‘speak to them in a language they understand’ tweet? How come he has not spoken to terrorists in the same language? Is it because they are from his tribe, and not a dot in a circle?”