President Muhammadu Buhari felicitations with the people and government of Turkey on the successful conclusion of the country’s referendum on Monday has drawn criticisms from a Nigerian group under the auspices of Lower Niger Congress.
The president in a statement is said to have congratulated Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the successful conduct of a referendum to decide their political future.
Reacting, the Secretary-General of LNC Mr. Tony Nnadi accused Buhari of double standards adding that it is none other than hypocrisy for him to have sent such congratulatory message while he employs physical and psychological force to prevent a referendum in Nigeria.
According to him, ”LNC is an aggregation of the self-determination initiatives of the old Eastern and Midwestern regions of Nigeria, seeking a referendum to decide the future of the peoples of the territory.”
“In the face of the reluctance of the Federal Government of Nigeria to see inevitable role of a referendum in resolving the bourgeoning self-determination quest of Eastern Nigeria which had been prosecuted by its younger generation as “Biafra Agitation,” the Lower Niger Congress (LNC), views the congratulatory message of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Government and People of Turkey as a paradox of monumental proportions,’’ the group said.
