Angry Borno residents boo Buhari during condolence visit

A crowd of Borno residents, on Wednesday, booed Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, as his convoy drove through Maiduguri, the state capital.

Buhari, upon returning from a five-day trip to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, paid a condolence visit to the north-eastern state, following a Boko Haram attack.

Though Buhari and his aides had repeatedly told Nigerians that Boko Haram was defeated, the terrorists killed 30 and abducted several women and children in a raid last Sunday.

The attack reportedly targeted the village of Auno on a key highway, linking Maiduguri.

At least 18 vehicles comprising trailers, buses, and cars were said to have been burnt by the insurgents, who laid siege on their village about 9.50 pm on Sunday.

In viral videos on Twitter, residents, including children, could be seen expressing their disapproval as the President’s convoy drove past.

They could be heard chanting, “Bama yi! Bama so! (We don’t want! We are not doing!)”

As President @MBuhari
Visit Borno, The Residents of Maiduguri chanting Bamayi Bamaso(meaning we don't want, we don't like)@DanBorno @AishaYesufu @ogundamisi pic.twitter.com/Rg7LXmSE4Q

— Abba Sec (@secmaina) February 12, 2020