Yoruba leaders scared of criticising Buhari’s regime – TY Danjuma

A former Defense Minister, Theophilus Danjuma, has accused Yoruba leaders of being scared to criticise the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The former Minister said Nigerians would lose sleep if he reveals what he knows about happenings in the country.

He stated this while speaking at the University of Ibadan, on Thursday, warning that Nigeria was “in a big hole.”

Danjuma said:

“In Yorubaland, everybody seems to have lost their voice, scared. And people appear not to care about what is happening. If I tell you what I know is happening in Nigeria today, you will no longer sleep.

“If you want details, I will give it to you privately.

“We are in a big hole as a nation. And people who put us in this hole have continued today. So, we’ve to wake up. Only we can save ourselves.

“The fifth columnists’ activities going on among your people are not helping matters. May Almighty God continue to bless this country, but only we can save ourselves from ourselves.”

Also speaking at the event, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, berated the National Assembly over the re-introduction of the anti-hate speech bill by the Senate.

Adeyemi had warned that politicians who were afraid of criticism had no business in government.

The monarch challenged lawyers and other professionals not to allow the bill to sail through, saying death penalty should not be the punishment for abuse.