2015 is even too far. Let it happen now.

auwal87: 2015 is even too far. Let it happen now.

So you support Buhari's statement

If he is talking about a revolution, then Yes

But Blood, ? ? ? Why blood

auwal87: 2015 is even too far. Let it happen now.

cowards like you can only make mouth on the net.Na u go run

The only neccessary condition for evil to triumph is for good people to keep quiet. If Buhari, Atiku, IBB & other Nothern leaders cannot speak hausa to their vagabonds, then we are heading for a döom. And by the way who say 2015 is the turn of the North? has GEJ finish his turn by then? Is the igbos burn to always follow? They now have a credible candidate u know!

jmaine:

Guess you belong to the embarassed hordes who mis-read and goofed on getting the real gist of Azazi speech indicting " Your admirable Born to Rule North by every means" . .As for Okah . . .A drowning man will cling to anything for life . .So i let the S.A Justice system treat his fvck up . . .

And btw an advice to you, Buhari is a terrible candidate to market . . . .You can try your luck and see if frustration won't burn you to smithereens . . .

Don't worry, I wouldn't be doing any of that. The United States is really peaceful. Use your advice on yourself.

nagoma: Defenders of corruption at their best! If you cannot fault Buhari convincingly just malign him, invent stories,link him to crimes unexplained by a weak government ( the is often an accomplice.) Malign him n everyway you, sharia , fanaticism anything that can frighten the gullible and the mediocre , instill fear so that corruption and injustice continue with even more impunity. Corrupt all the judges and the legal system even more , corrupt the national assembly , weed out any person showing signs of honesty and service. Ensure that everybody hates Buhari with a passion. Draw pictures to demonstrate horror and revulsion for honesty and justice.

You got them right. The things I read on here everyday just shows me how truly evil and dark hearted most Nigerians really are. If the Devil resides anywhere on earth, theres no doubt in my mind he lives in that hell hole called Nigeria. Look at how people blatantly ignore the truth out of Religious and Ethnic Sentiments. Theres a reason I distance myself from people that grew up in Nigeria whenever I meet them; NL showed me how they can discard the truth in a moments notice without fear of the very God they all solemnly swear to worship. To call them Ignorant is to compliment them; these people are pure, unadulterated evil.

canuck: Whoever is mindless enough to be Gen Buhari's running mate (be it Fashola or Mandela) in 2015 is on his own

alj harem:

So you support Buhari's statement

If he is talking about a revolution, then Yes

But Blood, ? ? ? Why blood

Revolution without blood? Your hypocrisy is astonishing. Thankfully, nobody pays you any mind as we all know how truly bigoted you are.

erniewhez: where in d world u hav 100% free n fair election.He meant "I WIN OR U DIE"

France just had an election; why don't you go on a French forum and pose your asinine question to French citizens ? Funny how you guys think the whole world runs on insanity just because thats what you guys choose to do.

kingoflag:

France just had an election; why don't you go on a French forum and pose the your asinine question to French citizens ? Funny how you guys think the whole world runs on insanity just because thats what you guys choose to do.

I've studied the way Nigerians react to events and discovered that our major problem is orientation of the citizens. Buhari said "If election is rigged" and all we see on Nairaland is tribalism and hate. I was one of those that it pained greatly that the last election was rigged stupidly and Nigerians called fools to their face. If you rig wisely, I wouldn't feel bad one bit but that of giving the SS and SE over 90% turnout is disgusting.

kingoflag:

France just had an election; why don't you go on a French forum and pose the your asinine question to French citizens ? Funny how you guys think the whole world runs on insanity just because thats what you guys choose to do.

shut up!!

[size=21pt]The paper that wrote that story, was it a pro-government paper?

Was his speech translated accurately from hausa?

Does warning about violence, equate to promoting violence?

So is it ok for future elections to be rigged as long as there is no violence?[/size]

[size=13pt]Major-General Buhari was selected to lead the country by middle and high-ranking military officers after a successful military coup d'etat that overthrew civilian President Shehu Shagari on December 31, 1983.

At the time, Buhari was head of the Third Armored Division of Jos. Buhari was appointed Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and Tunde Idiagbon was appointed Chief of General Staff (the de facto No. 2 in the administration). Buhari justified the military's seizure of power by castigating the civilian government as hopelessly corrupt.[/size]





[size=18pt]General Buhari's Maiden Speech: - 1st January 1984[/size]

In pursuance of the primary objective of saving our great nation from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari of the Nigerian army have, after due consultation amongst the services of the armed forces, been formally invested with the authority of the Head of the Federal Military Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is with humility and a deep sense of responsibility that I accept this challenge and call to national duty.



As you must have heard in the previous announcement, the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1979) has been suspended, except those sections of it which are exempted in the constitution.The change became necessary in order to put an end to the serious economic predicament and the crisis of confidence now afflicting our nation. Consequently, the Nigerian armed forces have constituted themselves into a Federal Military Government comprising of a Supreme Military Council, a National Council of States, a Federal Executive Council at the centre and State Executive Councils to be presided over by military governors in each of the states of the federation. Members of these councils will be announced soon.The last Federal Military Government drew up a programme with the aim of handing over political power to the civilians in 1979. This programme as you all know, was implemented to the letter. The 1979 constitution was promulgated. However, little did the military realise that the political leadership of the second republic will circumvent most of the checks and balances in the constitution and bring the present state of general insecurity. The premium on political power became so exceedingly high that political contestants regarded victory at elections as a matter of life and death struggle and were determined to capture or retain power by all means.



It is true that there is a worldwide economic recession. However, in the case of Nigeria, its impact was aggravated by mismanagement. We believe the appropriate government agencies have good advice but the leadership disregarded their advice. The situation could have been avoided if the legislators were alive to their constitutional responsibilities; Instead, the legislators were preoccupied with determining their salary scales, fringe benefit and unnecessary foreign travels, et al, which took no account of the state of the economy and the welfare of the people they represented. As a result of our inability to cultivate financial discipline and prudent management of the economy, we have come to depend largely on internal and external borrowing to execute government projects with attendant domestic pressure and soaring external debts, thus aggravating the propensity of the outgoing civilian administration to mismanage our financial resources. Nigeria was already condemned perpetually with the twin problem of heavy budget deficits and weak balance of payments position, with the prospect of building a virile and viable economy.




The last general election was anything but free and fair. The only political parties that could complain of election rigging are those parties that lacked the resources to rig. There is ample evidence that rigging and thuggery were relative to the resources available to the parties. This conclusively proved to us that the parties have not developed confidence in the presidential system of government on which the nation invested so much material and human resources.While corruption and indiscipline have been associated with our state of under-development, these two evils in our body politic have attained unprecedented height in the past few years. The corrupt, inept and insensitive leadership in the last four years has been the source of immorality and impropriety in our society. Since what happens in any society is largely a reflection of the leadership of that society, we deplore corruption in all its facets. This government will not tolerate kick-backs, inflation of contracts and over-invoicing of imports etc. Nor will it condone forgery, fraud, embezzlement, misuse and abuse of office and illegal dealings in foreign exchange and smuggling.



Arson has been used to cover up fraudulent acts in public institutions. I am referring to the fire incidents that gutted the P&T buildings in Lagos, the Anambra State Broadcasting Corporation, the Republic Building at Marina, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Federal Capital Development Authority Accounts at Abuja and the NET Building. Most of these fire incidents occurred at a time when Nigerians were being apprehensive of the frequency of fraud scandals and the government incapacity to deal with them. Corruption has become so pervasive and intractable that a whole ministry has been created to stem it.



Fellow Nigerians, this indeed is the moment of truth. My colleagues and I – the Supreme Military Council, must be frank enough to acknowledge the fact that at the moment, an accurate picture of the financial position is yet to be determined. We have no doubt that the situation is bad enough. In spite of all this, every effort will be made to ensure that the difficult and degrading conditions under which we are living are eliminated. Let no one however be deceived that workers who have not received their salaries in the past eight or so months will receive such salaries within today or tomorrow or that hospitals which have been without drugs for months will be provided with enough immediately.We are determined that with the help of God we shall do our best to settle genuine payments to which government is committed, including backlog of workers’ salaries after scrutiny. We are confident and we assure you that even in the face of the global recession, and the seemingly gloomy financial future, given prudent management of Nigeria’s existing financial resources and our determination to substantially reduce and eventually nail down rises in budgetary deficits and weak balance of payments position.The Federal Military Government will reappraise policies with a view to paying greater attention to the following areas:



The economy will be given a new impetus and better sense of direction.
Corrupt officials and their agents will be brought to book.
In view of the drought that affected most parts of the country, the federal government will, with the available resources, import food stuffs to supplement the shortfalls suffered in the last harvest.
Our foreign policy will both be dynamic and realistic. Africa will of course continue to be the centre piece of our foreign policy. The morale and combat readiness of the armed forces will be given high priority. Officers and men with high personal and professional integrity will have nothing to fear.



The Chief Justice of Nigeria and all other holders of judiciary appointments within the federation can continue in their appointments and the judiciary shall continue to function under existing laws subject to such exceptions as may e decreed from time to time by the Federal Military Government. All holders of appointments in the civil service, the police and the National Security Organisation shall continue to exercise their functions in the normal way subject to changes that may be introduced by the Federal Military Government. All those chairmen and members of statutory corporations, parastatals and other executive departments are hereby relieved of their appointments with immediate effect.



The Federal Military Government will maintain and strengthen existing diplomatic relations with other states and with international organisations and institutions such as the Organisation of African Unity, the United Nations and its organs, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth etc. The Federal Military Government will honour and respect all treaties and obligations entered into by the previous government and we hope that such nations and bodies will reciprocate this gesture by respecting our country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.




Fellow Nigerians, finally, we have dutifully intervened to save this nation from imminent collapse. We therefore expect all Nigerians, including those who participated directly or indirectly in bringing the nation to this present predicament, to cooperate with us. This generation of Nigerians, and indeed future generations, have no country other than Nigeria. We shall remain here and salvage it together.

May God bless us all. Good morning.

https://www.nairaland.com/693700/new-military-ruler-obasanjo-meets/2

[size=18pt]3rd January 1984 ITN News (video clips)
Buhari moves fast to rescue economy with prompt debt repayment few days after military take over[/size]

Look at Nigerian economy after takeover by military rulers who have just paid off $50m loan;

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15xapP50Sf0?version=3[/flash]

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/03/AS030184006/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=96&sortBy=date


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-693700.32.html

[size=18pt]05 January 1984 - ITN News (video clip)
GEN. BUHARI PRESIDES AT SWEARING IN OF MILITARY GOVERNORS AND WARNS THEM OF PENALTIES FOR CRIME AND CORRUPTION. (video clip)[/size]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JjYG-ef8M?version=3[/flash]

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/05/AS050184005/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=96&sortBy=date


Nineteen military governors were formally appointed by the new Head of State, Major-General Mohammed Buhari, and other members of the country's Supreme Military Council (SMC) in Lagos on January 4 to run Nigeria's federal states.

General Buhari attended the official swearing-in ceremony, which came four days after he led a bloodless coup ousting former President Shehu Shagari.

Speaking at the ceremony, Buhari reminded his new governors of their duties.All were chosen, he said, for their ability to discharge their responsibilities in the best interests of the country.He went on to warn them that crime and corruption for personal gain, one reason for the coup, would be ruthlessly punished.

General Buhari added the corruption and hoarding in the private sector would not be tolerated.He ended his speech by telling the assembled governors they were answerable to the country's military chiefs of staff and subject to redeployment at any time.

All former state governors have been given a week to report to police.

General Buhari has pledged to revive the country's economy and also to end the armed robberies in major cities that have become commonplace in the last few years.The fate of former top officials in the Shagari administration is still to be decided by the new military government, and Shagari himself is being held in custody.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-693700.64.html

5th January 1984 - ITN News
[size=18pt]New military ruler General Buhari holds his first Press Conference and promises to stamp out corruption.[/size]

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http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/05/AS050184015/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=92

He says he has uncovered widespread corruption and will bring the guilty to trial, he will also negotiate an IMF loan
to ease the severe economic crisis. Deposed President Shagari and his aides will remain in detention,

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The only good bug is a DEAD one. Uncle Sam don't be half-steppin'. He knows how to task those drones for maximum effect.

Terrorists understand ONLY one language - the dialect of ballistics. Apply the corrective measures right NOW Uncle Sam.

lumeneng22: The only neccessary condition for evil to triumph is for good people to keep quiet. If Buhari, Atiku, IBB & other Nothern leaders cannot speak hausa to their vagabonds, then we are heading for a döom. And by the way who say 2015 is the turn of the North? has GEJ finish his turn by then? Is the igbos burn to always follow? They now have a credible candidate u know!

You obviously need a little more of nigerias Geography GEJ is not igbo and not for the Igbos

He also warned that 2015 would be bloody if the elections were not transparent, just as he dismissed reports that he would not contest the 2015 presidency.

Buhari who painted a gory picture of Nigeria as that of a hound and a monkey engaged in a battle for survival said, “God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election or they go a very disgraceful way.

“If what happened in 2011 (alleged rigging) should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.’’ He did not elaborate further.

Can any opposing politician say these things in the western world and get away with it? . . . .- i guess people supporting buhari did not loose their loved ones during the last violence and they open their mouth to support him for another round.

Was there any violence in the southern part of Nigeria or will his supporters be happy if they loose their loved ones during the violence in 2015?.

It's a great shame those apparently concerned with the inappropriateness of Buhari 's speech chose not to say anything about the most important aspect of the speech - the caveat of free election. These people pretending to be good citizens are mischievous and hypocritical. Opposition candidates like Awolowo have made worse and more inciting comments about the Balewa and Shagari governments and the comment made by the war lord Ojukwu ( recorded above) was received as a politicians comment. As long as the defense of falsehood and tyranny is where we put all our strength there will never be progress or freedom for the Nigerian masses.

Buhari d coward!

The General shuld show some respect for our leaders. How can he refer to OBJ as the baboon and GEJ as the dog. He is evil minded now. He wants power at all cost even d cost of thousands of lives. His words should not b treated lightly. He should giv account of it in Kirikiri prison. Enough is enough for him!

Buhari should go to hell and roast with all his political bokoharam. Nigerian government should get this bokoharam man arrested.

buhari is a liar and a thief.
bloody islamic bigot.

[quote author=Beaf][/quote]

These are some of the fabrications against Buhari ,where were you when he (Buhari) came out publically to challenge anybody and to say that he has never embezzled or misappropriated public funds, why did you not challenge him?if we are genuine citizens who care about Nigeria and not faceless mischief makers why would one keep such important "facts" only to present them in a an ethnic hatred forum like NL ? Why did you not go to court with Dr. fasakin's fables that you are quoting? As regards PTF everybody knows that was the last meaningful and cost effective development to have happened in this country and Obasanjo Who desperately wanted to vent his anger on Buhari over his coup inprrisonment by Abacha let loose all the investigative machinery at his disposal on PTF. He could not find a shred of evidence to implicate Buhari. As a matter of fact some of the PDP investigators did what they knew best - loot whatever was remaining in the PTF account. Obasanjo is still bitter that he could not find Buhari wanting. It will help if we check OBJ 's opinion of Buhari . You may be surprised.

Dr fasakin I laugh in boko.
Just as omisore and babatope is to Osun , the same way he is to ondo. Who is fooling who? Abegii next.

fizzyshoes: Buhari should go to hell and roast with all his political bokoharam. Nigerian government should get this bokoharam man arrested.

he is a bloody liar

buhari the killer

fizzyshoes: Buhari should go to hell and roast with all his political bokoharam. Nigerian government should get this bokoharam man arrested.

well said

THE RISING OSAMA BIN BUHARI. COWARDS DIE MANY TIMES BEFORE THEIR DEATH, BUT A VALIANT NEVER TESTED OF DEATH BUT ONCE. AM SURE BUHARI HAS CHILDREN. LET HIM FRONT HIS SON OR DAUGHTER AND OTHER MUTURUS' WILL FOLLOW. NORTHERN NIGERIA IS KNOWN TO MAKE HOMELESS BABIES THAT END UP AS ALMAJIRI. TUFIAKWA UNU!