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Probes & Politics Of Casting The First Stone by Duhduhduh: 10:54am On May 28, 2015
Today is May 28, 2015 (D- Day minus 1) for transition or "regime
change" as someone adamantly puts it. President Jonathan says, "Don't
single me out for probe!" (See Punch Newspapers

http://www.punchng.com/news/dont-single-me-out-for-probe-jonathan-
tells-buhari/ ). The meat of the Punch story runs thus: "President
Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday advised the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, not to single out his administration in any probe he may want to carry out after his inauguration on Friday.

He said all those advising Buhari to probe his administration must
also advise him to extend his probe beyond his regime or else, the
probe will be seen as a witch-hunt.

Jonathan made his position known at the valedictory session of the
Federal Executive Council which he presided over at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.

He also said those calling for his administration’s probe should add
that the probe should be extended to the way oil wells and fields were
allocated in the past."

Now, from the many sides of the coin point of view (which is indeed
manifold), my question to us is why didn't General Muhamadu Buhari
honour similar probes in the past? Let's take a short trip back in
time (like my favourite childhood "Dr. Who"wink...and let's see a British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report in 2001 (Obasanjo's civilian
adminstration) on why Buhari refused to honour the Oputa Panel
invitation to look into issues of his administration as Head of State.

Here: " One of Nigeria's former military rulers has launched a
vitriolic attack against the country's human rights commission.

President Olusegun Obasanjo
The president established the Oputa panel two years ago

General Muhammadu Buhari also outlined the personal reasons for his
refusal to attend the public hearings of the so-called Oputa panel.

Three former military rulers - General Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, and
Abdulsalam Abubakar - have repeatedly defied summonses to appear
before the panel to answer allegations of rights abuses.

The panel, established by President Olusegun Obasanjo two years ago,
ended its formal sessions last month.

Final request

The Oputa group made one final request to all of Nigeria's former
military heads of state to explain their failure to appear. But General Buhari, who led a coup in 1983 and ruled until he himself was overthrown two years later, wrote back reiterating his refusal to testify.

He wrote in the letter that it would serve no purpose to appear since
the panel had already roundly accused the military heads of state
publicly as individuals.

He said there was nothing remotely personal in the actions of his
government.He also suggested the panel consider the failings of other
governments, and not his own. " (Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1668858.stm )

So back to the future...to the now....D-Day May 29, 2015 and
forward....who will be probing whom based on antecedents?
Re: Probes & Politics Of Casting The First Stone by SHARIAREPORTERS: 10:55am On May 28, 2015
God help me to "like" Buhari
Re: Probes & Politics Of Casting The First Stone by tayebest(m): 11:25am On May 28, 2015
SHARIAREPORTERS:
God help me to "like" Buhari
keep calm and believe Buhari as your president grin

Re: Probes & Politics Of Casting The First Stone by Duhduhduh: 11:49am On May 28, 2015
From the same B.B.C report, " The behaviour of the generals has angered human rights lawyers, most notably Chief Gani Fawihinmi.
In his own furious letter to the panel published in Wednesday's press, he demanded the commission take much sterner action against those who virtually crushed Nigeria. "

Well, apparently, this was not 'feasible' nor 'possible' as even Obj just let 'sleeping dogs lie'. Gani is long gone and many "activists" we see now have not and cannot demonstrate the sterling virtues of independence of thought, integrity, honesty, and impartiality regularly exhibited by Chief Gani.

GOD bless Nigeria!

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