The intrigue, powerplay and bad blood inside President Buhari’s inner circle once again came to the fore on Monday as Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President, called some elements in his husband’s government ”Hyenas” and ”Jackals”.
The President’s wife, currently visiting her ailing husband in the United Kingdom in a Facebook post on Monday, described some elements around her ailing husband as “the hyenas” and “the jackals,” with the hope that they would soon be sent out of “his Kingdom”.
Political watchers believed that Aisha Buhari was responding to a cryptic proverbial Facebook post earlier in the day Senator Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central District.
Senator Shehu Sani had earlier posted-
“Prayer for the absent Lion King has waned; until he’s back then they will fall over each other to be on the front row of the palace temple. Now the hyenas and the jackals are scheming and talking to each other in whispered; still doubting whether the Lion King will be back or not…
“It is the wish of the Hyenas and the Jackals that the Lion King never wakes up or come back so that they can be kings. It is the prayers of the weak animals that the Lion King comes back to save the kingdom from the Hyenas, the wolves and other predators”
Responding to Mr. Sani’s comment also proverbially, Mrs. Buhari said.
“God has answered the prayers of the weaker Animals. The Hyenas and the jackals will soon be sent out of the kingdom. We strongly believe in the prayers and support of the weaker animals”.