Making use of the hashtag #BuhariMustDebate, they enthused that the debate will allow the citizenry to examine the manifesto and programs of all candidates, with the hashtag generating so much reaction, it became a trending topic in Lagos on Thursday, January, 29 and Friday, January 30, 2015 when the APC were holding its presidential rally in the state at the Teslim Balogun Stdium, Surulere.
What a great comedy show we’re going to miss with #GMB boycotting #PresidentialDebate #Buharimustdebate #4moreyears pic.twitter.com/mqXAYqfOmz
— George Arikpo Uka (@GeorgeUka) January 29, 2015
Let #GMB tell us how he will fight corruption. Will debating #GEJ expose #Buhari incapabilities? #Buharimustdebate pic.twitter.com/3s5Ca5CKQF
— B Change U Want 2 C (@emmaikumeh) January 30, 2015
“@ThisIsNotBuhari: You people should free me. I have nothing to debate abeg! – GMB pic.twitter.com/qkTAYJBn9i” NO WAY! #BuhariMustDebate
— Ohimai Godwin Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) January 30, 2015
People that wear these glasses are forward looking and not afraid to debate. Retweet of you agree #Buharimustdebate pic.twitter.com/UMn4gBz363
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) January 30, 2015
LOL Shot Fired, chai #BuhariMustDebate to end this Cc @comradephils @RadicalYouthMan @ThisIsBuharii @thisisnotbuhari pic.twitter.com/SusTFp33m6
— NAIJACELEBRITY (@NAIJACELEBRITY) January 30, 2015
WHEN your BOSS boasts that he will Stabilize international Oil price LOL … #WeTriumphStill #BuhariMustDebate pic.twitter.com/5aI1vk4A5R“””
— NIGERIAN SPEAKER (@bishopmarn) January 30, 2015
Pa Buhari has nothing to say about the state of our Airport Terminals under GEJ hence the dodging. #BuhariMustDebate pic.twitter.com/TkK34tQiNG
— Mr Ebube D Patriot (@akaebube) January 30, 2015
But as a PRESIDENT, you cant dodge these things , #Buharimustdebate ,we need to see how sound he is #WeTriumphStill pic.twitter.com/XDqztWmNcO”
— NIGERIAN SPEAKER (@bishopmarn) January 30, 2015
We demand #BuhariMustDebate to show us why we must not vote for GEJ who built this Abuja-Kaduna railway. pic.twitter.com/PJtl3wyt4W
— Mr Ebube D Patriot (@akaebube) January 30, 2015
We demand #BuhariMustDebate to show us why he wants to hinder the progress that GEJ has made on Abuja intercity rail pic.twitter.com/FmQgBbBKqB
— Mr Ebube D Patriot (@akaebube) January 30, 2015
@renoomokri Buhari would have been disgraced, He is simply no match for President Jonathan #Buharimustdebate pic.twitter.com/zZchrVp19i
— Oche Otorkpa (@ochejoseph) January 30, 2015
This why #BuhariMustDebate because #NigeriaDecides or #BuhariPullOver ! We will deconstruct the propaganda!@MrAyeDee pic.twitter.com/IVuSG157IX
— AnthonyEhilebo (@AnthonyEhilebo) January 30, 2015
Lest You Forget, #GMB banned strikes during his govt and founded Nigeria’s first secret police #Buharimustdebate pic.twitter.com/Ayr47YSzKJ
— George Arikpo Uka (@GeorgeUka) January 30, 2015
The organisers of the said debates, Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) have come out to say no group or party has notified them of its withdrawal from the exercise.
The #BuhariMustDebate hashtag was started by Reno Omokri, the Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media.
Notable Nigerians have begun to respond to the boycott with the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode saying that the APC was trying to hide General Buhari’s intellectual lazines while the United Progressive Party (UPP) presidential candidate, Chekwas Okorie, described the development as a disappointment.
