Tells Jonathan to accept blame for missing girls

By JOSEPH ERUNKE

CONTROVERSIAL politician and a delegate, Alhaji Buba Galadima, surprised his fellow members of the National Conference Committee on Devolution of Powers, yesterday, when he stormed out of the committee’s meeting to stage a solo protest over the abduction of over 200 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by members of the Boko Haram sect.

Galadima, who walked out at a time the committee was in a stormy session over the derivation principle, carried a placard with inscription: “Bring Back Our Daughters: President Jonathan, Stop Shifting the Blame, The Bulk Stops on Your Desk.”

The former National Secretary of the Defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, who could not draw media attention during the protest, went in search of journalists to capture his action.
Galadima has been a staunch critic of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over what he has consistently described as their misrule of the country since 1999.

He was quoted in some national dailies as labeling the president as a tribal jingoist sitting and administering the disintegration of the country.

The politician, who was not given attention by media men during his 10-minute action, even after attempting to attract journalists covering some committees’ sitting, returned to rejoin members of his committee after walking round the Studies Department of the National Judicial Institute, venue of the his committee’s meeting.