Nigerian singer Burna Boy has questioned the timing of President Bola Tinubu’s proposed military intervention in Niger Republic, amid the country’s ongoing fuel scarcity.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Tinubu had recently written to the Senate seeking its support for military intervention against the military junta in Niger Republic, but the request was declined.
Burna Boy, in a video shared on social media, wondered how Tinubu intends to get the military to Niger without fuel. Fuel scarcity in Nigeria has been caused by his(Tinubu) abrupt subsidy removal in May.
“Wetin dey sub na? Dem say na War we wan enter like this o [laughs]. Fuel never dey you wan go fight war,” Burna Boy said in Nigerian pidgin.
“How you wan reach the battlefield? You go use…. Wetin dem dey use that generator now do? Gas generator. E shock me. Wahala no dey ever tire Nigeria,” he added.