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In her open letter to Gen. Buhari, Dr. Nelson lists a number of reasons of why the General, in her own view, might not be the best suitable candidate to lead Nigeria.

The majority of politicians who encourage you to re-contest in 2015 do not share your vision. Most of them, especially Hausa-Fulani politicians, want to ride on your popularity to their political victory. Even Mallam El-Rufai, who insulted you and described you as a ‘perpetually unelectable’ politician in 2010, is now praising you. What has changed between then and now? These politicians, mostly Hausa-Fulani, know that they are politically dead without you. Hence, they will continue to flatter you, insult your opponents and pretend to support you in order to ensure your continuous participation in partisan politics for their selfish interests.

Most Nigerian politicians are thieves, including members of your party, the APC. Currently, all lawmakers in NASS, irrespective of party affiliation, are cooperating amongst themselves to steal public funds. Those Nigerian politicians who believe you will fight corruption if elected into office will not vote for you. They are into politics primarily to steal public funds and protect their ill-gotten wealth. In addition, there are corrupt and influential ex-presidents, ex-governors, contractors, etc. who have already enriched themselves. As long as these thieves are alive, they will go to any lengths to ensure that your path to Aso Rock Villa is strewn with impassable obstacles.

You supported introduction of Sharia Laws in the North in 2000 and advised Muslims to vote only for politicians who would protect Islam. When ex-Governor Yerima was criticized for amputating a Muslim’s hand for stealing, you supported him. You asked what was wrong if, according to Sharia Laws, Muslims cut off another Muslim’s hand for stealing. You said that Boko Haram terrorists were fighting for their rights like Niger Delta militants did. You also called on the Federal Government to grant them amnesty and stop dropping bombs on ‘innocent Northerners’. In recognition of your support, Boko Haram terrorists nominated you to lead their delegation for negotiation with the FG. A member of European Parliament, Mr. Franz Obermayr, accused you of sponsoring Boko Haram terrorists; up till date, you have not reacted to this weighty allegation. Also, you have not even once condemned the ongoing destruction of lives and properties of Northern minorities by Fulani herdsmen. You are the most popular living politician amongst Hausa-Fulani Muslims, especially Islamic fundamentalists, who believe that you are the ‘Amir’ who will surely implement Sharia Laws in Nigeria. For the same reasons, non-Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians fear and detest you with a passion, especially Northern minorities who are being butchered daily by Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram terrorists.

You won a total of 12,214,853 votes during the presidential election in 2011. Out of these, you got 10,078,356 votes (82.5%) from Hausa-Fulani and Kanuri-dominated states in North West Geopolitical Zone (NWGZ) and North East Geopolitical Zone (NEGZ). From your geopolitical zone alone, NWGZ, you secured 53% of the total votes (6,453,437 votes of 12,214,853). However, you did not secure the mandatory 25% of votes cast in any state in the South. Though you did not even campaign in those states, you expected Nigerians in those states to vote for you. You said the elections were rigged in the states where you did not win, but were free, fair and credible where you won. The fact is, whether you campaign or not, you will always win elections in those Hausa-Fulani and Kanuri-dominated states. But the opinions held by a high percentage of the rest Nigerians about you are just too negative. Some of your praise-singers are collaborating with Sahara Reporters to produce bogus online opinion polls in your favour. You may wish to hold political rallies outside Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri-dominated towns to see things for yourself.

Your real supporters are products of Almajiri System of Islamic Education whose upbringing does not permit independent and logical analysis of any situation. They are programmed to accept whatever their leaders tell them without reasoning. They consider the use of violence to settle any dispute as a norm. They rarely travel out of their immediate environments. They believe that implementation of Sharia Laws will transform Nigeria into a paradise. They strongly believe that you are the only trustworthy politician who will guarantee Sharia Laws in Nigeria. They believe that Hausa-Fulani Muslims constitute 80% of Nigerian population. Because of this mindset, they believe that you must win in any election, even if nobody votes for you in other parts of the country. Unfortunately, you also believe that you are so popular that no Nigerian politician can defeat you in a free and fair election, hence, your penchant to condemn any election as being rigged whenever you do not win. The truth is, most non-Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians do not want you as their leader.
Judging from your antecedent, election is only free, fair and credible when you win. You emerged as a presidential candidate in 2003, 2007, and 2011 through consensus arrangement. You want for the APC’s presidential candidate, preferably you, to emerge through consensus. Now, Hausa-Fulani pressure groups, such as he ACF and NEF, have sprung into action to cause Tambuwal, Atiku and Kwankwaso to step down for you. As for Sam Nda-Isaiah, since he is not a Hausa-Fulani Muslim, ACF and NEF do not consider it worthy to even approach him to step down for you. If you are as popular as you believe, please go through indirect primary election with the rest presidential aspirants. Stop begging Senator Tinubu to anoint you APC’s presidential candidate. Withdraw your ‘attack dogs’ from further intimidating other presidential aspirants to step down for you.

You are reputed to be an incorruptible retired General with impeccable integrity. These two qualities had been your unique selling points amongst politicians. But two decisions you took of recent have cast doubt on them. In 2011, you promised that you would never contest for elective office again and sealed it with a rich dose of tears. Last month in Abuja, you dishonored that promise because, according to you, many Nigerians begged you to come and ‘rescue the nation’. You said a delegation from Niger State and another one from Kano State came to beg you. Can you mention any delegation from any non-Hausa-Fulani state? None, for sure. Recently, you said Mallam El-Rufai was the one who prevailed on you to change your mind. You described him as ‘a kind of person that will respect you if you respect yourself, and if you don’t respect yourself, he will help you go down the drain.’ When he insulted you in 2010, was it because you did not respect yourself? It seems you have embraced doublespeak as a tool in your political career. So, under what circumstance will it be advisable for Nigerians to believe anything you say?

As if the self-mutilation of your much-trumpeted ‘impeccable integrity’ was not enough, you told Nigerians how you got a loan of N27.5 million on a ‘man-know-man basis’ from a bank in Kaduna by telephone call in less than 12 hours without a collateral to buy APC nomination forms. Please, ignore your ‘praise-singers and attack dogs’ but enlist the services of lawyers who will be sincere and bold enough to explain the full weight of this transaction to you. Every aspect of this transaction is corruption personified. If you are this poor, whether you win or not, how do you intend to repay the loan? How will you fund your campaigns? Is it the right thing for a poor person to borrow N27.5 million from a bank without collateral and invest the whole money in gambling (politics)? In a society where politicians respect themselves and do not see election as a do-or-die issue, the least you ought to have done is return people’s money (N27.5m) to the owners (the bank), apologize to Nigerians and withdraw from partisan politics. But here in Nigeria, anything goes, especially when one’s ability to reason objectively is irretrievably impaired by ‘born-to-rule’ syndrome and chronic desperation.

No person or delegation prevailed on you to change your mind and re-contest in 2015, but the following reasons. The first is the massive movement of Hausa-Fulani Muslims to Southern Nigeria to register and vote for you in 2015. With this, you hope to secure the mandatory 25% of total votes cast in each of the 17 Southern states. The current widespread confusion associated with PVCs distribution and registration of new voters in Southern Nigeria is purposely engineered by INEC to accommodate this plan. The second is the plan by Professor Attahiru Jega to create 21,615 polling units for the North as against only 8,412 polling units for the South. Though Professor Jega had reluctantly suspended this plan which he designed to give you undeserved 10,807,500 votes, he had opted for plan ‘B’ which is to replace commissioners in the South with those in the North in order to manipulate 2015 presidential elections in your favour. The third is Senator Tinubu’s promise to deliver Yoruba votes to APC in 2015. Because of above reasons, you concluded that your chance to emerge victorious in any presidential election had never been so bright, hence, you prevailed on yourself to dishonor your promise and re-contest in 2015.
You are one of a few Nigerians who had been blessed by Allah/God, even to a fault.

You have been a General Officer Commanding, Military Governor, Federal Commissioner of NNPC, Head of State and C-in-C of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Chairman of PTF, just to mention a few. At the ripe age of 72, what do you want again from Allah/God? In 2011, ten youth coppers were among hundreds of innocent non-Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians slaughtered by your supporters in Northern Nigeria even before INEC announced the results of the presidential election. As if that is not bloody and despicable enough, you have promised to soak non-Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians whom you prefer to call ‘dogs and baboons’ in blood if you lose presidential election in 2015. But what’s next? You may be ‘untouchable,’ with millions of human robots (Almajiri supporters) at your command, to do whatever you like here on Earth, but note that one day, you will stand alone before your Creator for judgement.

People of Niger Delta believe that you are amongst core North politicians who sponsor Boko Haram terrorists and Fulani herdsmen to destabilize Jonathan’s administration. Consequently, if you win in 2015, they will also make your government ungovernable by disrupting oil and gas production. Due to non-availability of funds, it will be difficult for governments at all levels to function. Funding for security forces will be considerably reduced, thereby weakening their capacity and commitment to fight Boko Haram terrorists, Fulani herdsmen and militants in the creeks of Niger Delta. The environment so created will be conducive for Boko Haram terrorists to easily achieve their aim of establishing a Caliphate at least in North-Eastern states. The center will be too weak to enforce laws and order, thereby encouraging ‘self help’ and gradual but sustained disintegration of the nation. With the same zeal that galvanizes you to continuously re-contest, arrange for alternative sources of revenue because it will never be business as usual as far as oil and gas revenue is concerned, or else be prepared to go down in history as a Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachov of Nigeria.

And if you lose the presidential election in 2015, there will be serious problems also. But, unlike in 2011, you now have a reliable partner, Senator Tinubu in SWGZ. While you pledged to soak ‘dogs and baboons’ in blood in the North if you lose next year’s presidential election, your partner, Senator Tinubu, equally promised to roast Nigerians alive in the South if the APC does not win. Since both of you had never accepted defeat in any election, however credible it may be, the country is most likely to go up in flames if you lose. However, both of you have nothing to lose if that happens. Both of you are above 60 years old. Tinubu can easily flee with his family in his private jet to Toronto, while you also can evacuate your family to Sudan in your bullet-proof jeeps. But, as you orchestrate destruction of lives and properties of non-Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians in Hausa-Fulani controlled parts of Northern Nigeria, note that there are millions of innocent, hardworking, peace-loving Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians living in the rest parts of Nigeria. This time around, there may be disproportionate and uncontrolled reprisal attacks.

“Whether you win or not, your participation as a presidential candidate in 2015 will unleash unprecedented disaster on this nation. Please, step aside for the sake of unity and survival of Nigeria. Anoint and give your total support to any Northerner of your choice. But if you decide to listen to the el-rufais, whose primary aim is to use your popularity to achieve their political ambitions, you will definitely dismiss this suggestion, and even the advise given to you earlier by the revered Sheik Gumi, as arrant nonsense.

“May Allah/God grant our leaders the grace to conduct themselves as leaders.”

Waiting for those who reads it to comment first

Crap

Honestly if you hear hausa people say "Ba lakaye"yoruba wil say "koni opolo kankan"English will say he lacks common sense" you are the one refering to like that.I think you have a better thing to say that is why I red through all your write up but I don't know that you are just to criticise GMB.And to you,election of 2015 will be the same of 2011.If the north is ready to give him vote don't you know that the south west and part of the south south will give him vote.south will also give him vote no matter how small it is compare to 2011.so mr. Man go and start another write up that will not give you a sleepless night again.All this your nonsense is no more an issue.bye

agabusta:
Crap

I guess it's crap because you're allergic to the truth

Truckpusher:
I guess it's crap because you're allergic to the truth

Another crappy utterance. Allergic to which truth? You Tan peeps turn things upside down, u'll then flood the entire cyberspace with it, and u'll then go into the illusion that it is the truth. You better wake up and see through the lies they are churning out to you.

And if you lose the presidential election in 2015, there will be serious problems also. But, unlike in 2011, you now have a reliable partner,

Senator Tinubu in SWGZ. While you pledged to soak ‘dogs and baboons’ in blood in the North if you lose next year’s presidential election, your

partner, Senator Tinubu, equally promised to roast Nigerians alive in the South if the APC does not win. Since both of you had never accepted

defeat in any election, however credible it may be, the country is most likely to go up in flames if you lose. However, both of you have nothing

to lose if that happens. Both of you are above 60 years old. Tinubu can easily flee with his family in his private jet to Toronto, while you also

can evacuate your family to Sudan in your bullet-proof jeeps. But, as you orchestrate destruction of lives and properties of non-Hausa-

Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians in Hausa-Fulani controlled parts of Northern Nigeria, note that there are millions of innocent, hardworking, peace-

loving Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians living in the rest parts of Nigeria. This time around, there may be disproportionate and uncontrolled

reprisal attacks.

Firefire:

Extract:

You have been a General Officer Commanding, Military Governor, Federal Commissioner of NNPC, Head of State and C-in-C of the Federal

Republic of Nigeria, and Chairman of PTF, just to mention a few. At the ripe age of 72, what do you want again from Allah/God? In 2011, ten

youth coppers were among hundreds of innocent non-Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians slaughtered by your supporters in Northern Nigeria even

before INEC announced the results of the presidential election. As if that is not bloody and despicable enough, you have promised to soak non-

Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians whom you prefer to call ‘dogs and baboons’ in blood if you lose presidential election in 2015. But what’s next?

You may be ‘untouchable,’ with millions of human robots (Almajiri supporters) at your command, to do whatever you like here on Earth, but

note that one day, you will stand alone before your Creator for judgement.

Be informed that you'll be judged by God as well for the lies you are spinning and propagating.

Na Jonathan fit to contest abi? Rubbish

agabusta:



Be informed that you'll be judged by God as well for the lies you are spinning and propagating.

Oga, I beg show me the lies

I would have taken the post serious if it was written by NELSON MANDELA.

Sai Buhari

bitterpenis:
Na Jonathan fit to contest abi? Rubbish

Don't mind them. I don't understand why TANdroids cannot just devote themselves to meeting GMB at the polls if he emerges APC candidate. Instead of selling their candidate to Nigerians ,when he is an incumbent who should have no problems if he has performed, they fully concentrate all effort on trying to scare Nigerians away from GMB and listing numerous bogus 'reasons' why Buhari should not run.

At the end of the day, this writer is entitled to her opinion as long as TANdroids understand that no one's personal opinion is binding on others. Same way many of us can list why GEJ should simply throw in the towel and head back to Bayelsa today. Yet why bother when we accept, unlike TANdroids, that every Nigerian has a right to vote or be voted for.

Story for the gods

Looking at GEJ's team of clueless mediocrity,
and Buhari's team of incitive Bruhaha, Atiku's polished classy packaging is near seductive.

But no I stick to GMB , change !!

spenca:
Looking at GEJ's team of clueless mediocrity,
and Buhari's team of incitive Bruhaha, Atiku's polished classy packaging is near seductive.

But no I stick to GMB , change !!

To me the only two candidates that have even attempted to ARTICULATE a vision are Atiku and GEJ

Buhari is an expired commodity. He belong to the 15th century.

Well written piece. Buhari's antecedents and plans have being laid out for the world to see. The predictions given by the writer are highly possible, especially on the spate of violence that will ensue if Buhari wins or fails. Buhari should do the honorable thing and back out of the elections.


Buhari's Botnet of supporters will not acknowledge this...

Crap and bullshit..... full of half truths, twisted logic, stating so many speculations as if they are facts, even giving prophecy on flawed and severely biased analysis.

The writer is nothing but a paid character assassin pretending to be a patriot and concerned neutral citizen.

If Buhari is so terrible that even the Hausas knows, then why all the bother. why not just leave him and let him fail.

Please keep advise and stuff down your..... I'm sure you know where..

lanrefront1:
Crap and bullshit..... full of half truths, twisted logic, stating so many speculations as if they are facts, even giving prophecy on flawed and severely biased analysis.

The writer is nothing but a paid character assassin pretending to be a patriot and concerned neutral citizen.

If Buhari is so terrible that even the Hausas knows, then why all the bother. why not just leave him and let him fail.

Please keep advise and stuff down your..... I'm sure you know where..

Spot on. The whole thing is nothing but the same repetitive scaremongering and tired horse dung most Nigerians no longer fall for. Why are they scared of GMB? Is it because they know he ,more than any other candidate, is assured of sweeping the North and is now , unlike before, capable of doing well in other parts of Nigeria courtesy of GEJ's abject misrule and hideous looting/corruption? Why not simply meet Buhari at the polls if he is the APC candidate?

lanrefront1:
Crap and bullshit..... full of half truths, twisted logic, stating so many speculations as if they are facts, even giving prophecy on flawed and severely biased analysis.

Itemise a few of the speculations, twisted logic etc in the write-up

nku5:


Itemise a few of the speculations, twisted logic etc in the write-up

don't have your time.....even if 100 intellectuals analyse from morning till night, you will stick to your opinion because its already set in stone.


But however I will paste as example a little portion of the whole nonsense. The below is nothing but speculation, stating the conjectures in her head as if there are generally agreed and settled truths. There are also full of lies. The General has reacted to some of them but you people only see what you wish to see and heat what you wish to hear. OE was not in this same country that Buhari made a move to drag Rueben Abati to court over unsubstantiated accusations with zero evidence and they settles out of court with him.

""” In recognition of your
support, Boko Haram terrorists
nominated you to lead their
delegation for negotiation with the
FG. A member of European
Parliament, Mr. Franz Obermayr,
accused you of sponsoring Boko
Haram terrorists; up till date, you
have not reacted to this weighty
allegation. Also, you have not even
once condemned the ongoing
destruction of lives and properties
of Northern minorities by Fulani
herdsmen. You are the most
popular living politician amongst
Hausa-Fulani Muslims, especially
Islamic fundamentalists, who
believe that you are the ‘Amir’ who
will surely implement Sharia Laws
in Nigeria. For the same reasons,
non-Hausa-Fulani/Kanuri Nigerians
fear and detest you with a passion,
especially Northern minorities who
are being butchered daily by Fulani
herdsmen and Boko Haram
terrorists."""

Present buhari and Atiku anytime anyday and I will pick Atiku. The man has shown that atleast, he knows how to go about solving the problems of Nigeria if he wants to. Buhari hasn't in an way whatsoever shown or even told us what his plans are. He believes he can win automatically and if he doesn't then its cheating. Let's take a look at the cheap publicity stunt of borrowing 27.5million without collateral, seriously what do his supporters take us for? How does he intend to pay back? Why has he not been able to invest his money well, if he wasn't able to manage all the money he has been getting since his time in the military till now atleast to own a small farm or herds of cattle how does he intend to manage the country?
If only Atiku will be sincere and carry out his plans, I would vote for him. But OBJ will not let that happen.

lanrefront1:
Crap and bullshit..... full of half truths, twisted logic, stating so many speculations as if they are facts, even giving prophecy on flawed and severely biased analysis.

The writer is nothing but a paid character assassin pretending to be a patriot and concerned neutral citizen.

If Buhari is so terrible that even the Hausas knows, then why all the bother. why not just leave him and let him fail.

Please keep advise and stuff down your..... I'm sure you know where..

he's going to loss, .we all know that, but it's about the almajiri that will pick up arms

u Sabi write like this na Im u no win common cowbell essay competition?
u no get work .......I no even get time to read ur jargons finish because u no be chinua achebe nor wole soyinka!!
Abeg shift go one side!

brainpower:
Present buhari and Atiku anytime anyday and I will pick Atiku. The man has shown that atleast, he knows how to go about solving the problems of Nigeria if he wants to. Buhari hasn't in an way whatsoever shown or even told us what his plans are. He believes he can win automatically and if he doesn't then its cheating. Let's take a look at the cheap publicity stunt of borrowing 27.5million without collateral, seriously what do his supporters take us for? How does he intend to pay back? Why has he not been able to invest his money well, if he wasn't able to manage all the money he has been getting since his time in the military till now atleast to own a small farm or herds of cattle how does he intend to manage the country?
If only Atiku will be sincere and carry out his plans, I would vote for him. But OBJ will not let that happen.

Buhari has been at helm if affairs before. He didn't spend up to two years and paid the whole debt of Nigeria, Nigeria became debt free; almost the refineries you see today were built by Buhari; he refused to devalue our money, refuse to collect IMF loan, naira was so competing with dollar head-on that Nigeria was cut off from world trade and then he started doing trade by barter, exchanging our oil directly for imports.

finally western interests colluded with IBB to remove him. then the satanist IBB did all the West wanted, devalued our more ney, accepted IMF loan and legalizes corruption.

Right now, the stage Nigeria is, it doesn't need any magical plan or strategy, it just needs an upright exemplary leader who is determined to do the right and just thing.

How Atiku, a very corrupt politician who embezzled billions if dollars of Nigeria's money is a better choice than Buhari, only you understand.

OP God go bless you.

Thank you.

When you see real talk you just know it. Spot on!

Dr. Nelson just gave an exact summary of Nigeria's precarious situation. I'm not pdp/apc, but the fact remains that if GEJ doesn't win, the ND militants will immediately head for the creeks, destroy oil and gas installations and the revenue base of Nigeria will go down drastically. Institutions would be weak and that would be the end of the entity called Nigeria.
If GMB doesn't win, southerners in the north will go down. It will be extremely devastating and southerners back home may not have the penchant to hold back their grievances and this may result to repriesal attacks down south.
Seriously , I thought there's no way out of this precarious condition we find ourselves in as a nation but after reading the above suggestion that GMB should anoint someone else, I realised there's still hope for Nigeria as a country.
Long live the Fed rep of Nigeria & May God bless us all.

Truckpusher:
I guess it's crap because you're allergic to the truth

what is the truth there.

samento:
what is the truth there.

I think the above is the truth my brother, let's be objective

major466:
Buhari is an expired commodity. He belong to the 20th century.

like late Mandela.

samento:
like late Mandela.

Typing error. I meant to write 15th century.