Nnamdi Kanu's Rearrest: AGF Abubakar Malami Addresses National Press Conference In Hausa Language

Analysts say Mr Malami’s action was in faithfulness to the Buhari regime’s brazing preference for pandering to Mr Buhari’s northern base in matters of national concern.

The Attorney General of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, while addressing a press conference, abandoned the country’s official language to speak in Hausa, a dialect native to the majority of the northern region of the country.

Though English is used as Nigeria’s official language to ease communication, the Nigerian Constitution recognises three major language groups; Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba.

The Attorney General has faced backlash by citizens on social media for the announcement on national television in a language spoken by a fraction of the country’s 200 million people, without making arrangements for other languages to be represented.

Analysts say Mr Malami’s action was in faithfulness to the Buhari regime’s brazing preference for pandering to Mr Buhari’s northern base in matters of national concern.

The Buhari regime has long been excoriated for being overtly nepotistic. The sentiment has fuelled agitations for self determination and secession in other parts of the country.