By Bruce Fein - - Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Mr. Buhari turned the nation into a slave plantation, and forbade the slaves from any discussion of their enslavement—especially a return to democracy. He favored the north over the south, dividing rather than unifying Nigeria after the convulsions of the 1967-70 Biafran War. He lent support to the introduction of Sharia law in the North—a major source of strife and disharmony.

Mr. Buhari’s brutal military dictatorship was overthrown in 1985. Mr. Dasuki played a key role. Dictators do not forget. Fast forward to today.

After celebrating fairness, due process, and the rule of law last July to win the good will of the United States, Mr. Buhari returned to Nigeria to mock all three in a vendetta against the Dasuki, the immediate past National Security Adviser.

He placed Mr. Dasuki under house arrest. He confiscated his passport. He charged him with firearms and money laundering violations. He sought a secret trial to prevent independent scrutiny.

He opposed Mr. Dasuki’s pretrial application to the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for permission to receive urgent medical treatment for cancer in London, but it was nonetheless granted.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola explained that an accused is presumed innocent before trial, and that a citizen’s health is paramount before the law. Mr. Buhari was ordered to release Mr. Dasuki’s international passport.

Mr. Buhari defied the order. He put Mr. Dasuki’s house under siege, a microcosm of the Bosnian Serb siege of Sarajevo. Mr. Dasuki returned to court. Justice Ademola reaffirmed his order, asserting “My own orders will not be flouted.”

Mr. Buhari has not yet budged. As a military dictator in 1985, he similarly seized the international passport of Chief Obafemi Awolowo to thwart his travel for medical treatment, which caused his death in 1987. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Much is riding on Mr. Dasuki’s case. If Mr. Buhari flouts Justice Ademola’s order with impunity, judicial independence will be fatally compromised and Nigeria’s embryonic democratic dispensation will be stillborn. The judiciary is the only branch capable of checking limitless executive power—the bane of Africa.

Members of Nigeria’s National Assembly and Senate have been reduced to playing the roles of extras in cinematic extravaganzas.

Further, President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration accepted a peaceful transfer of power to President Buhari, a laudable landmark in African politics. If Mr. Buhari is permitted with impunity to destroy his political opponents like Mr. Dasuki with tyrannical methods, peaceful transfers of power everywhere on the Continent will become problematic. The incumbents’ risk of political and personal impalement at the hands of their would-be successors will be too high.

The United States should be insisting on independent human rights observers to monitor Mr. Dasuki’s prosecution and trial, and demanding that Mr. Buhari honor his vow to follow due process and the rule of law. The stakes are too high to remain silent.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/18/bruce-fein-nigerian-president-buhari-dupes-us/?page=1

i hope his refusal to reverse the gay law passed by GEJ is not about to boomerang.

This guys know how to first ruin a govt with the media before finally destroying the economy and currency till their bidding is done.

Awo did not die today, why remind us of what led to his death now.

In my opinion,there is more to this

End time

Here we go again!!!

Politics section is now jokes section.

Op i smell lies.

Yellowson:
Op i smell lies.

not just lies but trouble.

i think he has fallen out with the cabals in washington

I thought you lots from south east claimed he died after taking rat poison?

is this suppose to bring.......in d country?

aguiyi:

not just lies but trouble.
i think he has fallen out with the cabals in washington

Government by the cabals for the cabals and for the cabals aka cabalocrism

Lol


Don't be surprised when you see yorubas vehemently defending Buhari and his hausa fulanis, and rather channeling their misery towards innocent Igbos

a second look at the first paragraph up there tells you there is something been aimed at

This is pathetic even from you. You or the Washington times cannot stop Buhari from his tenure. Accept reality, seat back and enjoy the ride. It's like you do not know Yoruba people. We do not let emotional outbursts becloud our judgment. Nigeria will be fixed, and all those who profit from its destruction will be put to shame. For now, the majority of Nigerians chose Buhari as their president. You and other spectators can keep talking while we move ahead. Remember to ask Washington Times to grant you visa. That is if they will not riot if a suggestion is made to take you in as refugee

Gravanno:
I thought you lots from south east claimed he died after taking rat poison?

See?

The moment you saw Buhari name you immediately got to work, looking for what to say about South East without any anger towards the man accused here of murdering Awolowo. E


Even if it was rat poison that Awolowo took to finally end his life, yet if not for your slave mentality you would have feigned anger towards the hausa fulani man accused of killing him even though you knew it was poison he took


Never go against your master

illiad:


[s]See?

The moment you saw Buhari name you immediately got to work, looking for what to say about South East without any anger towards the man accused here of murdering Awolowo. E


Even if it was rat poison that Awolowo took to finally end his life, yet if not for your slave mentality you would have feigned anger towards the hausa fulani man accused of killing him even though you knew it was poison he took


Never go against your master[/s]

Fool.

Oyingbo don vex be that.

On behalf of Biafra i want to thank Buhari for ridding nigeria of trash. He calculated Awolowos suicidal tendancy well. Meanwhile Azikiwe and Ojukwu were buried as heros of Igbos and Yorubas alike

The westerners are really hammering this Buhari guy lately. Why? And they seem to know all the right buttons to push.

I think they want Biafra, as some posters have said.

baby124:
This is pathetic even from you. You or the Washington times cannot stop Buhari from his tenure. Accept reality, seat back and enjoy the ride. It's like you do not know Yoruba people. We do not let emotional outbursts becloud our judgment. Nigeria will be fixed, and all those who profit from its destruction will be put to shame. For now, the majority of Nigerians chose Buhari as their president. You and other spectators can keep talking while we move ahead. Remember to ask Washington Times to grant you visa. That is if they will not riot if a suggestion is made to take you in as refugee

Their headache...what if he remains there for the next 8 years Im sure they will all die... it even better they die

baby124:
This is pathetic even from you. You or the Washington times cannot stop Buhari from his tenure. Accept reality, seat back and enjoy the ride. It's like you do not know Yoruba people. We do not let emotional outbursts becloud our judgment. Nigeria will be fixed, and all those who profit from its destruction will be put to shame. For now, the majority of Nigerians chose Buhari as their president. You and other spectators can keep talking while we move ahead. Remember to ask Washington Times to grant you visa. That is if they will not riot if a suggestion is made to take you in as refugee

what is this pleb saying.

was that piece written by me or Biafrans , why not see the news for what it is worth.

if this is coming from the same America who celebrated his victory and invited him for talks as a sign that they favour his govt, then you should be worried if all is still well with their relationship

illiad:
Lol


Don't be surprised when you see yorubas vehemently defending Buhari and his hausa fulanis, and rather channeling their misery towards innocent Igbos

it's not about yorubas or hausa - we don't need to politicise or tribalise everything. At least for once, allow your senses to take over then you will know that America is not a country to dine with.
The same America that refused to sell weapons for us but backing Dasuki

No more rat poison death? In a brief moment to ensure North vs West acrimony, this unwise man from the East inadvertently revealed the very lie they have long peddled to be true.

The Igbo intelligence has always been corroded by propaganda.

Anyway, I am very pleased this corrosion remains as it is and passed on to another generation. It will surely keep them where their forebears limited themselves.

mazeltov:
it's not about yorubas or hausa - we don't need to politicise or tribalise everything. At least for once, allow your senses to take over then you will know that America is not a country to dine with.
The same America that refused to sell weapons for us but backing Dasuki

Next time say something, don't just type

StOla:
No more rat poison death? In a brief moment to ensure North vs West acrimony, this unwise man from the East inadvertently revealed the very lie they have long peddled to be true.
The Igbo intelligence has always been corroded by propaganda.
Anyway, I am very pleased this corrosion remains as it is and passed on to another generation. It will surely keep them where their forbears limited themselves.

You are very stu.pid.. Maybe you cant read. Better yet your dead igbo whor.e of a mother owns Washington Times.

StOla:
No more rat poison death? In a brief moment to ensure North vs West acrimony, this unwise man from the East inadvertently revealed the very lie they have long peddled to be true.

The Igbo intelligence has always been corroded by propaganda.

Anyway, I am very pleased this corrosion remains as it is and passed on to another generation. It will surely keep them where their forbears limited themselves.

Stolen:


You are very stupid.. Maybe you cant read. Better yet your dead igbo LovePeddler of a mother owns Washington Times.

A slowpoke from the East was quick to put it up here to achieve a goal. A goal which did not include an intention to declare Igbos as skilled in the art of convincing themselves that a lie told overtime is truth.

If the article says Awolowo's passport was seized by Buhari, which is true, the same article educates the misinformed Igbo youth that Awolowo died as a result of depreciating health. A truth that is only false in the minds well cultured by hateful propaganda.

Unfortunately for the OP, he forgot the long bandied lie propagated to make Igbo children sleep better at night.

Now Chinedu will read this and ask his father why the East is full of liars and why he has always rejoiced over an enviable death even he would wish for.

Buhari is simply a wicked old fool..
He's government is anti poor and anti youth

StOla:


A slowpoke from the East was quick to put it up here to achieve a goal. A goal which did not include an intention to declare Igbos as skilled in the art of convincing themselves that a lie told overtime is truth.

If the article says Awolowo's passport was seized by Buhari, which is true, the same article educates the misinformed Igbo youth that Awolowo died as a result of depreciating health. A truth that is only false in the minds well cultured by hateful propaganda.

Unfortunately for the OP, he forgot the long bandied lie propagated to make Igbo children sleep better at night.

Now Chinedu will read this and ask his father why the East is full of liars and why he has always rejoiced over an enviable death even he would wish for.

what exactly is your point

aguiyi:


what exactly is your point

What exactly is your purpose?

Yorubas are simply COWARDS. So i'm not suprise at your response here.