Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has asserted that the late President, Muhammadu Buhari, expressed pity for President Bola Tinubu during a conversation he had with him.
Naijaonpoint reports that Buhari passed away on Sunday at a London clinic at the age of 82 and was buried on Tuesday at his Daura residence with full military honours.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of Buhari’s burial in Daura, Radda recalled how Buhari told him he pitied Tinubu for being brave enough to remove the fuel subsidy.
According to him, Buhari stated that Tinubu could not have removed the fuel subsidy if he had consulted with some people before making the decision.
He said, “Let me use his words: ‘I pity Bola (President Tinubu) for what he is doing. He is a brave man for removing the fuel subsidy.
“When I was president, whenever I made an attempt to remove the subsidy, a lot of people would give me too many reasons not to do so.
“But Bola did it immediately. If he had consulted people, he could not have removed the fuel subsidy now’.”
Radda also noted that the former President’s death has created a vacuum that would be difficult to fill.
In other news, Dikko Radda has disclosed that a good majority of terrorists operating in the state are indigenes of the state.
According to him, most of the criminals are locals of the area whose parents and other relatives are well-known.
Governor Radda made the disclosure on Tuesday while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
He also lamented that Governors, as chief security officers of their states, do not have control over the army and the police, as the security outfits operate independently.
He added that as part of efforts to curb banditry in Katsina, the state government set up a local outfit composed of youths drawn from areas affected by banditry and very familiar with the area.