anonimi:

The death of anyone should be an opportunity for those around him to EXAMINE his life for useful lessons from his acts of commission and ommission.
That is the way a society makes PROGRESS. We should not continue to wobble & fumble hoping & praying to God to fix our continuously never ending mistakes.
God did not come down to fix other societies, why will he come down to fix ours.

anonimi:

God did not come down to fix other societies, why will he come down to fix ours.

esere826:

You answered well
However, hope you get the thrust of my argument
especially if for example you consider what the state of Israel is capable of doing and has done

oluamid:

And berating Buhari will right all the wrongs with Nigeria?

esere826:

because we have Israelis in our East
Arabs in our North
and those that fell from the sky in our West

So we are extremely special beings
When we cry hard enough God will indeed come down to our rescue

All we need is to persevere in what we are doing
pray more and give more
and then sacrifice our brethens on the alter of religious and ethnic violence

das alllll

anonimi:

The state of Israel is permanently at WAR with its Arab neighbours who continue to NOT recognise its existence.
I hope you can agree with me that this was definitely NOT the case with Umaru Dikko.

esere826:

yep. I agree with u.
Makes me think that The man Buhar might have emerged with the mindset that Nigeria was permanently at war with corruption

Little did he know that corruption'R'us

umhh
he was waging a war against the rest of Nigeria
...if only he knew the difference between corruption and stealing

anonimi:

And where did you get the above idea from

anonimi:

Buhari was/is and remains an EPITOME of corruption himself despite his PRETENSE to be otherwise.
Have you wondered what money he used to fund THREE presidential elections with judicial battles at the Supreme Court each time with SAN lawyers who do not come cheap

Let us not forget the missing money when he was Minister/Commissioner for Petroleum in the 70s.

oluamid:

Read my initial post.

esere826:

Naaa
while not holding forth for Buhari
I beg to disagree

Here in Nigeria
we have a special tool for identifying corrupt folks

The tool has a scale from 0 to 10
it is comparative, and has a number of indices

Many of us, you and I will fall under the very low percentiles
and so we won't be classed as corrupt (maybe we'll be described as 'steal-ers')

Abacha (prior to his centenary award) will most probably gross 10 on the scale
But Buhari is surely not up there

karl max:

Babangida

- From Ibrahim Shuaibu in KanoViewed 1466 Times Rating: by 0 users
The late military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, did not loot the national treasury contrary to the general impression, two military former heads of state have said.

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985, and his successor, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, gave Abacha the clean bill in Kano yesterday after the rememberance prayers marking 10 years of the death of Abacha, who ruled between 1993 and 1998.

Abacha was accused of stealing nearly £5 billion while in office, out of which over $1 billion has reportedly been recovered from various sources around the world.

But Babangida, who described Abacha as a “courageous, loyal and honest military head of state who stood for the unity and development of the country during his years in government”, has dismissed the allegations.

He said the looting allegations against Abacha were unfounded and baseless, stressing that “it is not true that he looted public treasury. I knew who Abacha was because I was close to him”.

Babangida said: “Abacha was a courageous person who stood firmly in handling the affairs of the country during his regime.”

He added that the regime of Abacha brought positive changes in the country which should have been emulated.

He said 10 years after the death of Abacha, his contributions to the nation’s economy remain indelible.

“There is no doubt, during his administration as head of state, Abacha contributed his best to the nation’s economy which we are still enjoying,” he said.

Babangida’s new position however contrasts with what he told Newswatch magazine in July 2000.

He had said: “The revelations [on Abacha’s loot] surprised me. I am surprised, because I didn't know.”

He had also explained that Abacha's death brought "relative stability", adding that "it gives us, oh well, let's see, there is hope after all".

Babangida, in that interview, also blamed the society for allowing Abacha to grow into the dictator he became.

"I feel bad that society failed to realise that they have a duty to protect whatever values they hold dear to their hearts as far as this country is concerned. At any rate, there are people I like and do respect those who stood against the regime, who are not military officers but civilians who are able to speak out. They didn't mince words and if their views had been heard, he wouldn't have [done enough harm]," he had said in response to a question.

[size=14pt]Buhari, in his own comments yesterday, described the allegations of looting against Abacha as “baseless”, because according to him, “ten years after Abacha, those allegations remain unproven because of lack of facts”.[/size]

While also commenting, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, who took over when Abacha died on June 8, 1998, commended his predecessor for initiating Vision 2010, saying that the economic vision of the present administration termed Vision 2020 is a replica of Abacha’s 2010 initiative.

Abubakar also tasked Nigerian politicians to concentrate on how best to contribute to national development instead wasting time and money investigating their predecessors, adding that probing past administrations “does not yield anything positive to the nation and should be discouraged”.

Babangida also spoke on the probe of his government by the immediate past administration, saying: “We are still waiting for the outcome of the probe.”

The three former leaders sat close to one another during the special prayer session which started exactly 10am and lasted for over one hour at an open compound belonging to the family of the former head of state.

The prayer session was attended by former Abacha’s aides, Emirs of Hadejia, Gumel, Jema’a and Chief Fredrick Fasehun of Odua Peoples Congress (OPC).


https://www.nairaland.com/607825/abacha-never-stole-say-buhari

anonimi:

I just read your initial post again.
HIGHLIGHTING Buhari's role in Umaru Dikko's life is useful as part of EXAMINING the late politician's life.
Do you think that is inappropriate

oluamid:

Well, this EXAMINATION is looking more like a Buhari abuse parade. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Buhari is wrong or right.

anonimi:

You seem to have missed where/when Buhari said Abacha was not corrupt right here on NL:

esere826:

I also recall Ribadu's recent position on some of those he had previously said were corrupt

Our saints in Nigeria are quite messy
just like the biblical Moses was

..but they're all we've got

anonimi:
Not quite......[b]WE have OURSELVES[/b] and we are MORE than "they" are.......Why are WE not doing more and waiting for some random un-Biblical Moses to save us
Why?

Shine1177: RIP

esere826:

well, I won't
I'd rather sit back, think, and propose workable strategies


...You probably should go forward. I might support you

bigdoo: R.I.P. - ROT IN PAIN

ULSHERLAN: This should be good news for Buhari. One down
Rip Umaru Dikko

anonimi:

I believe the bold red is what we need more at this time to encourage more understanding how we are & why we are how we are.
From there, naturally a critical mass for change will unfold and progress will continue hopefully at an accelerated pace.

SAVED BABA: i cn remember d kidnap

DivideUs:

And southern leaders are living forever abi?

anonimi:

One of the signposts of General Muhamadu Buhari's dictatorial LAWLESSNESS that knew no international boundaries and was unmindful of diplomatic protocol.
Yet, the HYPOCRITE and ETHNO-RELIGIOUS bigot was whipping his fellow compatriots, like cows, into obeissance of his CLUELESSLY selective War Against Indiscipline (WAI).
There was a country