Buhari’s Statement On Southeast Hilarious – Valentine Ayika

Former member of the House of Representatives from Anambra State, Valentine Ayika has made it clear that Buhari’s threat against the people of the Southeast holds no water. 

According to Ayika, the statement of Buhari is a hilarious one to him because it doesn’t exude what is expected of a president of a country who is there for all people. He opined that the president should have targeted the criminals in his speech and not the whole people of the region.

He said: “First of all, the statement for me is laughable, it doesn’t smack of what is expected of a president of a country.

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“What did e mean by ‘criminals have been given enough time? Actions speak louder than voice. The law is there. If people break the law, they should be brought to book. So, do you need to tell somebody that, ‘I have given you enough time’? Can a criminal change? A thief will always go back to the den because that is what he is used to, so there is really nothing like—it really doesn’t make any sense talking about the people who have been given enough time to change or not to change.

“The only possible sensible thing in that statement is saying the criminals will meet their waterloo.. that is what we want to hear, and it is not really about talking about it, it is about bringing the culprits to book. Arresting and prosecuting the criminals. It is about making them go through the provisions and prescriptions of the law.

“It is not all about talking and talking, we have had so much talk but no action.