The Senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce, has presented false information about the aftermath of the Manchester terror attack which killed 22 people in Manchester on Monday.
Seeking to capitalise on the tragic event to promote his common sense campaign, the 61-year-old posted a video on Saturday morning on the lessons Nigerians can learn from how the British people reacted to the tragedy which occurred during an Ariana Grande concert.
According to the Nigerian showbiz impresario, one thing Nigerians can learn is that “there has been no blame game, no finger pointing and no finger pointing.”
He added that “the government and the opposition cooperated because there was no attempt at blaming and there was no attempt at using the attempt (sic) to make the government look bad.”
His lecture however came a few hours after British main opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn, blamed Britain’s foreign wars for terror attacks such as the Manchester suicide bombing.
The Labour leader claimed a link between “wars our government has supported or fought in other countries and terrorism here at home”, as he relaunched his party’s election campaign on Friday.
Corbyn’s statement came after that of UKIP leader, Paul Nuttall, who said “It is also a dereliction of duty to allow jihadis to return to this country, including it seems, Monday night’s terrorist,” while launching his party’s manifesto on Thursday.
Suzanne Evans, UKIP’s deputy chairman, added that the British Prime Minister “must bear some responsibility” for the deadly attack, because she forced through police cuts and failed to cut immigration.
“Theresa May has allowed jihadists who fought alongside Islamic State back into our country. She has failed to prevent extremists spreading hatred in our universities and our mosques,” Ms Evans added.
In spite of his obvious gaffe, Murray-Bruce was spot on that Muslims and Christians came together to condemn the attack.
The media mogul also tasked Nigerian journalists to learn from how their British counterparts handled the coverage of the Manchester terror attack and its aftermath.
Murray-Bruce, who is more visible on Twitter than on the floor of the Senate, added: “I hope that Nigeria will learn the needed lessons from the excellent handling of the fallout from the terrorist event by the British authorities.”
One important thing we must learn from the Manchester bombing is that there has been no blame game, no finger pointing, no conspiracy theory pic.twitter.com/EnJkU1oRgc
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) May 27, 2017
