ABUJA — Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the terrorists’ threat to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari is mere propaganda.
The minister said this on Wednesday when he addressed journalists after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting.
A viral video was released in Sunday by insurgents suspected to be members of Boko Haram. In the video,the group threatened to abduct the president and Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state.
Reacting to this, the minister described the threat as laughable.
“As to those who have issued threats to Mr. President, I think it’s more of propaganda than anything. It’s laughable,” he said.
The insurgent group is suspected to be behind the kidnapping of passengers from a Kaduna-bound train in March.
The gunmen had killed eight people, injured many, and kidnapped over 60 persons in the attack.
Eleven of 61 remaining victims were released following negotiations in June.
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