The Governor of Jigawa State, Mohammed Badaru, and his Deputy, Umar Namadi, were on Saturday, booed by an irate crowd at the Gumel Local Government Area of the state.
The governor was in Gumel to celebrate the annual Maulud – marking the birth of Prophet Muhammad.
Earlier, the State’s Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Sankara, in a statement, said his principal will be in Gumel to attend the annual ‘Sallar Gani’ (Maulud celebration).
“The Executive Governor of Jigawa state Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar is expected to join the Emir of Gumel to celebrate Sallah Gani which will take place tomorrow (Saturday) at the Gumel Emirate.
“Sallah Gani is an age-old festival observed in Gumel emirate, every year during the Eid Maulud celebration, precisely on the 12th Day of Rabiul Awwal in the Islamic calendar, sons, and daughters of Gumel emirate origin, from all walks of life return home to take part in the prestigious festival, the official statement said.
The governor’s appearance at the event was the first public event he attended after he returned from a holiday abroad.
The governor has come under intense criticism for travelling abroad on holiday without showing empathy and visiting victims of flood disasters across the state.
Over a hundred people have died in the flood which destroyed farmlands, and houses and displaced thousands of people.
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