skak:
TO ALL REASONABLE NIGERIANS: If Buhari was pictured attending a mosque, and it was reported that the Imam said 'he would open the gates to hell upon those who oppose Buhari', and Buhari sat there and said nothing, what do you think many people would be saying today?

If Buhari was pictured going to different mosques and kneeling before Imams, as part of his campaign, what do we think the comments would be?

If Buhari was pictured going on pilgrimage to Mecca, surrounded by a retinue of fawning Imams, what would the response be from Nigerians?

If Buhari invited senior Imams from across the country to a meeting with him, to discuss the elections and his campaign strategy, what would the Nigerian people think?

GEJ has done all the above, and we are told he has a right to do so as a committed christian. Buhari has done none of the above yet he is called a religious fundamentalist with a plan to turn Nigeria into an Islamic nation.

Please examine the facts so we can honestly decide who is acting like the real religious fundamentalist? Who is using religious faith as a political ploy to get votes?

brainbox2014:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l5gQ1nC5N4

For almost about one hour or more, eyes were glued to AIT yesterday and I must confess that PDP has really tried in their campaign against the opposition. After so many shots, this looks like one final lethal blow, except of course they are not done. Who can blame them? They have enriched themselves well enough to afford the airtime.

So that aside, let's react to the gist they threw in our faces yesterday. I'd give my honest opinion by listing the (1) Bad things he did (2) Good things that he did but have been painted in a bad light (3) Good things he actually did.

Bad things

1) Jailing some 'alleged' innocent politicians.
2) Jailing journalists and activists based on a decree he enacted.
3) Stepping on human rights in a bid to enforce change. No freedom of speech. Strikes were disallowed. Unions (like NMA, NANS) were proscribed.
4) Pardoning Shehu Shagari (his former boss) as he kept him in house arrest while he jailed others.
5) Suspension of the rail project (which I later found out was due to the fact that the money being used for the project was being borrowed and he was bent on paying off Nigeria's debt)
6) Disallowing Monarchs from travelling outside the country, an act many saw as a disrespect to traditional customs.
7) Chasing away illegal immigrants. The same is still done in developed countries though. You can't just reside in places like UK, US... without formal documentations and stuff.

.(± feel free to add & subtract)

Summary: His brief military regime was a draconian rule that made life hot for many.

Good things painted bad

1) WAI: Enforcing discipline with regards to work, sanitation, conduct on roads. This was done the military way and swept Nigerians off their comfort zone.
2) His statement (as the commentary claimed to quote him, as there was actually no video of him saying that) that FG should stop killing his people (northerners) and that instead Boko Haram militants could be given amnesty like the Niger delta militants. Hold on, before you judge at surface value. Reports from Amnesty International and the satellite images that showed the devastation in Baga have collectively proved to us one thing: our soldiers killed thousands of innocent northern dwellers (some in very horrific ways) in the name of fighting insurgency. That was why US raised eyebrows about human rights violation in the North if you can still recall. So Buhari probably has a point but unfortunately the amnesty program that the FG tried didn't work. What he said, he said in good faith.
3) Attempted extradition of Umaru Dikko, one of Nigeria's most corrupt politicians as at then. The PDP in their documentary successfully painted the hilarious method through which Dikko was packaged in a suitcase that was labelled with a diplomatic pass..lol..and the embarrassment attached to the story, but here's the thing they never said...Umaru Dikko deserved to be jailed like the other thieves in his time. People steal little things and get punished severely, some even die. A public official steals billions and you empathise with him when he should have gotten a much more severe punishment. That says a lot in comparison about our justice system today.
4) Drug traffickers were killed. I don't even know why PDP are lamenting about this. In Ghana today, robbery attracts a death penalty and trust me, this law has reduced criminality there. In China, if a politician is caught looting funds or getting involved in any form of corruption, he or she will be executed. My opinion is simple, if you can't do without stealing or going against the law of the land, you can leave. You have nothing to fear if your hands are clean. PDP is simply appealing to the desire in people to be free to do as they like without laws to guide them, but we must not forget that unguided freedom comes at a cost.......CRIME!

Summary: He came to unsettle Nigerians from their relative comfort zones of indiscipline (@public places) and laziness (@work).... and this didn't really go down well with many people. Strict legislation dominates his idea of effective and progressive governance.

.(± feel free to add & subtract)

Good things

1) Jailing corrupt politicians. That's a good thing for me except you're happy when people embezzle public funds.
2) Eradication of Jihadist group (Maitatsine). We've heard that several times but a few times from his critics.

Other good things they didn't mention in the video

3) 1 dollar = 2 naira... which sparked some irritation from the West. The oyinbos felt it was annoying for the currency of a black nation to be that strong. Foreign politics played a role in his removal later on, for obvious reasons.
4) Cleared the debts of the nation and refused to borrow from IMF despite serious urging from the external community. Part of the reason the rail project was 'suspended'.
5) Nigeria was processing her crude oil...and the price was stable.
6) He's a plain person that does what he says (good or evil). I'd rather deal with plain people than the hypocrites in the incumbent government. Even his political opponents can't take that away from him.

.(± feel free to add & subtract)

Summary: He ruled roughly for about one and a half years and his major approach to transforming Nigeria from the state that the corrupt leadership of Shagari left it, was through laws. He believed that a lawless nation where people are just allowed to litter the streets, treat work with levity, loot public funds...etc., could not move forward.

That's my analysis. .(± feel free to add & subtract)

bushdoc9919:


Would have been much better if Nzeogwu resigned from the Army in 1964....and formed his own party.

rozayx5:

@op why did Buhari jail Ojukwu?
why did ekwueme go to jail while Shagari sipped champagne at home?
how can Buhari claim to be clean when his government silenced all whistleblowers?
why did Buhari ban NANS?
why did Buhari threaten medical doctors?
why did Buhari pay for a rail project he cancelled?
what did Buhari add to the Nations Infrastructure in 20 months as a dictator apart from filling up prisons with people he was scared of?
no record of roads or major development?
all we hear is kworruption, and 90,000 unemployed graduates out of 110,000 roamed the streets

^^^^

robinsoncrosoe:
Buhari has a bad history.
The bastard divorced his first wife.
So we want a divorcee,a coupist,a dictator,a terrorist,a tribal and
religious bigot as our president.
God forbid bad things

OgologoDimkpa:

Oponu!
I'm not surprised cos you are just like your ilk Buhari and Tinubu that have certificate in forgery and
doctoring a real document.

GEJ till 2019!!

kingthreat:


Nzeogwu was a fanatic. For him to choose cold-blooded murder of the leaders was extremely wicked.

hotgunz:
u re high on cheap drugs, thank God u said allah,and nt Allah slowpoke

ChynoBEATS:



Oh they are illegal immigrants shey? .... His niger-ian brothers who flood. Lagos n the whole of north Wat are they??... Has anybody questioned their stay In nigeria??....... Those pathetic youths. From niger who do. Notting buh flood this country n cos problems in the north n hide over here in the south has anybody kicked them out??...

Be serious please

Seun:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari <-- read every word of this page before you vote; it's 100% objective.

Adminisher:




As for infrastructure it is beginning to be really annoying that most young people are very uneducated and lacking in understanding.
In the 1980s, new infrastructure was so COMMONPLACE that you did not even talk about it like you do now. Nigeria was the largest importer of cement during the Gowon Shagari and Buhari regimes because we had thousands of infrastructure projects going on at the same time. Why do you act as if you don't realize yet that you are the poorest generation of Nigerians in all history. The Muritala Muhammad airport, most local airports, refinery expansions, Lagos Ibadan expressway, East West road, Abuja, Ajaokuta, Aluminum smelter, Petrochemical, Gurara dam, Bakolori dam, NAFCON etc [s]were many projects commenced or continued during Bunari regime.[/s]

bushdoc9919:



But...that does not mean I endorse what he did. Again....if he felt there needed to be changes....there were far better ways available than the barrel of a gun.

omostrugle:
we are unmoved by this cheap and frivolous propaganda.


GMB we know! GMB/PYO 2015. Join the train.

sam13:


And what has your phd Otuoke oko mama peace na only you waka kome done to Nigeria confusion,stealing and corruption please tell him to practise what he preaches

dragan:


They need to respond on TV because the targets of this video arent people who use the Internet.

Seun:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari <-- read every word of this page before you vote; it's 100% objective.

nairalandbuzz:
They are sick....


O shi n rin won ni...

Ti o ba ya, a ma ja won je...

We want CHANGE

sammieblaize:
This should be on the FP... Anddddd he promoted others in the army including his mates to higher ranks except himself he left the army as a Major General.. Thts humility to me

GODpunishAPC:
GO AND ASK YOUR PARENTS ABOUT DECREE 4 AND 10, THAT SENILE BUHARI NEARLY FINISHED NIGERIA, YOU THINK YOU CAN CAJOLE US INTO VOTING A SENILE OLD MAN WHO DOESN'T HAVE SSCE CERTIFICATE? THINK TWICE.

GODpunishAPC.....

Firefire:
Mr. Buhari can never rule Nigeria again. Never!

robinsoncrosoe:

Pls read what u wrote and tell who is high on cheap drugs.

F**k off

Rawani:
How can you call a Wikipedia article objective when it can be edited by anyone with an internet connection?