Article not written by me. Just saw it online and decided to share.
by Collins Uma
I have often wondered why people would look at
General Muhammadu Buhari and say he is the
best man to lead Nigeria. What have they been
seeing since 2003 (almost 12 years) that I have
not been able to see? I’m not really that blind. I
know I’m not.
It is, for me, a sad appraisal of Goodluck
Jonathan’s administration these past years that
Nigerians will vote anyone but Jonathan. Anyone.
Even a Buhari. That we are considering bringing
back the former military Head of State talks about
how much we are drowning, clutching at any
straw. This is an indictment on Goodluck
Jonathan. Dogs do not rush to eat faeces when
they have better options.
Buhari’s age has never been an issue for me. Sani
Abacha was younger. We know how that ended.
His religion is also not an issue for me. I will
rather vote a true Muslim who has imbibed the
teachings of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) on
compassion and brotherliness than vote a non-
Muslim who isn’t really a Christian either but
pretends to be one. In Nigeria, one is either a
Christian or a Muslim, pro-broom or pro-
umbrella, black or white. But there are lots of
people in leadership positions in this country who
aren’t Christians though they aren’t Muslims.
They operate in that Godforsaken, diabolical
chasm in between. So, Buhari’s ‘bigotry’ is a
good thing for me.
But there is a myriad of reasons why I cannot
vote for him. And I don’t think anyone should.
Below are some reasons which have been
previously put forward and which I still totally
agree with.
1. He is an oligarch who does not believe in
equality before the law. The way he jailed Lateef
Jakande, Jim Nwobodo, Ambrose Ali, Pa Adekunle
Ajasin, Chief Ayo Ojewumi on cases that had no
foundation and allowed Awwal Ibrahim, the then
Niger State governor, who was arrested at
Heathrow Airport in London with 14 million
pounds and several millions of Naira and dollars
to be under house arrest is proof he doesn’t
understand what is equality before the law.
1b. Buhari jailed Benue’s Aper Aku and most of
the other Governors in Shehu Shagari’s
administration, setting up military tribunals to
investigate their conduct while in office. Aku’s
health was broken by the harsh conditions in jail,
and he died in 1988 shortly after being released.
1c. Professor Ambrose Alli also became blind as a
result of this false imprisonment. When he died,
he had only one undeveloped plot of land to his
name.
1d. Pa Adekunle Ajasin was never the same after
his eventual release and remained sickly for the
rest of his life. When he died, he never had any
property anywhere in the world except the one he
had built from his sweat as a former teacher and
school principal in his Owo.
2. He put in place a retroactive law that killed
three men, innocent men, by public execution. He
left untouched an alleged well known drug baron
in Ibrahim Babangida who later overthrew his
government.
3. He jailed Nduka Irabor and Tunde Thompson of
the Guardian on stories that were factually true
under Decree 4. He had told the Nigerian
journalists then that it did not matter whether the
story reported was true or not.
4. He supervised the smuggling of 53 suitcases
filled with cash through the Murtala Mohammed
Airport, against the protests of General Tunde
Idiagbon and, ironically, Atiku Abubakar, the then
Director General of Nigeria Customs who later
became the Vice President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria and a compromised politician himself.
This smuggling of the suitcases was supervised
by his ADC, Col. Mustapha Jokolo.
5. He jailed Fela Anikulapo-Kuti on trumped-up
charges under emergency law which prompted the
sentencing judge to confess that he was ordered
to do so and apologised to the late musician. It
was Buhari’s administration that said it has
“decided to deal with this Fela problem once and
for all.”
6. He convinced many Northern political leaders
against allowing the National Identity Card
program because, according to him, this would
unravel the myth of Northern population majority
7. He may not have plotted the coup that brought
him to power but he stayed to enjoy the spoils.
He is as guilty as the man that receives stolen
goods.
8. He has never been able to account to Nigerians
what he did with the 20 billion Naira of the
Petroleum Trust Fund of which he was the
chairman under military dictator Sani Abacha.
9. He has not been able to point to any project
that he prosecuted outside Northern Nigeria with
the so-called trust fund.
10. He was in full support of all the atrocities of
Sani Abacha against the Nigerian people. There is
no single record of his criticism of Sani Abacha
during those dark days when Nigeria was on a
precipice. It shows that he is a patriot of
convenience and as such unfit to lead the
country.
11. Buhari, as part of his tribalistic practices,
placed President Shagari under house arrest
inside a palatial mansion in Ikoyi while he locked
up Shagari’s Vice, Alex Ekwueme, in Kirikiri
Prison. Shagari is Hausa/Fulani like him while
Alex Ekwueme is an Igboman.
12. Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, another Igboman,
who returned from 13years exile just a little over
a year then was as well locked up in Kirikiri Prison
by Buhari. We are yet to be told what Ojukwu’s
exact offence was.
13. Busari Adelakun died of ulcer because Buhari
refused him to be taken out of prison for
immediate medical attention.The then Governor of
Ogun State, Bisi Onabanjo suffered a similar fate
which we were told led to his untimely death.
14. Buhari ransacked the late Obafemi Awolowo’s
house and confiscated his International passport
based on frivolous charges.
15. One of Buhari’s major sponsors in the 2011
presidential election was the then CPC
governorship candidate for Kano State,
Mohammed Abacha, the same person that had/
ran a personal killing squad, coordinated the
killing of Kudirat Abiola & attempted to kill Ibru.
The same Mohammed Abacha who reportedly
stashed money in underground tanks.
16. Buhari is unforgiving. When he “took over” in
1983, he remembered an article written a long
time ago by Bisi Onabanjo (‘The Mallams Are
Coming’) and a later one in which Onabanjo wrote
that people should watch out for that “gangly
officer from the north” after Buhari gave a no
holds barred speech at an Army function where he
was reported to be very openly pro-Northern
Nigeria to the exclusion of all else and where he
also talked about the termination of democratic
rule. For that, Onabanjo got one of the harshest
jail terms and treatments.
17. Buhari’s intolerance level is unmatched. When
he was adopted as the ANPP’s presidential
candidate on the night of the party’s Primaries
without prior warning to the other candidates and
a few of them protested, Buhari got up and made
a speech that those who protested must be
disciplined.
18. The evil genius, IBB, and his crew similarly
ran rings around Buhari. On the 10th anniversary
of General Abacha’s demise, Buhari said that
Abacha stole nothing from Nigeria. Despite
millions of Dollars recovered from banks around
the world and the Abacha family signing a formal
agreement to return over $1 billion dollars, Buhari
still said that Abacha’s stealing remains an
unproven allegation.
19. Buhari snubbed the same Nigerians who’s
votes he now wants by refusing to appear before
Justice Chukwudifu Oputa’s Truth and
Reconciliation Committee (Oputa Panel) despite
knowing how much Nigerians needed that
reconciliation committee.
20. Buhari executed Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard
Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26). To
put it quite plainly, one of those three –
Ogedengbe – was executed for a crime that did
not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was
committed.
This is the same man Nigerians want to bring
back?
People have also spoken about the discipline he
brought into the insane jungle that was Nigeria
between 1983 and 1985. And they say he will
replicate this in 2015. But they fail to recognise
the fact that the playing field has changed.
Thirty years ago Buhari did not have a Senate or
House of Representatives to pass laws or carry
out other legislative functions. His word was law,
including the decrees he issued to muzzle the
media. How does he intend to work with a
National Assembly that is most likely going to
have a PDP majority, going by the realities in the
states? This is one question I would love to have
answered.

21; He is not a man of his word

22. Buhari has expired since 1985
He is dead on arrival.
He evil.

Brilliant and very detailed article, Seun kindly put this on the front page so that many Nigerians who are being deceived into supporting Buhari would know him for the despot he his.

It truly is shocking how Buhari has turn out to be the Messiah Nigeria seriously needs

No mass murdering terror gang leader will EVER trick the Nigerian electorate to vote him into any office higher than local government sanitary inspector, and that means The Weeping General will soon have yet more reasons to break out wailing and sobbing, and more reasons to launch failed court actions seeking to overturn the will of the people.

PapiWata:
No mass murdering terror gang leader will EVER trick the Nigerian electorate to vote him into any office higher than local government sanitary inspector, and that means The Weeping General will soon have yet more reasons to break out wailing and sobbing, and more reasons to launch failed court actions seeking to overturn the will of the people.

That's if the lawyers haven't been hired already

Bassee:

That's if the lawyers haven't been hired already

Ha ha yes, The Weeping General must PREPARE for his assured failure at the election polls, as usual.

If fela was still alive buhari wouldnt contest

The number of people that have died alone in this Clueless. ness Jonadafft Admin alone surpasses any past Admin since the civil war. that is a blow and enough reason to vote him Werey president out. corruptions everywhere
GMB is 1000 times better than Jonadafft otuoke presido werey

TAN guys are getting desperate. Creating threads upon threads to discredit the people's General.

The handwriting is clear on the wall. GMB is going to get elected next year. You don't need to kill yourselves with High BP.

The country is tired of the maladministration of the PDP.

Change is coming!

agabusta:
TAN guys are getting desperate. Creating threads upon threads to discredit the people's General.

The handwriting is clear on the wall. GMB is going to get elected next year. You don't need to kill yourselves with High BP.

The country is tired of the maladministration of the PDP.

Change is coming!

Who is gonna elect buhari? SS,SE,SW, freaking middle belt?...et al. Buhari and GEJ would share Parts in north so WTF are you talking about?

some people are so dumb,

Djicemob:
Who is gonna elect buhari? SS,SE,SW, freaking middle belt?...et al. Buhari and GEJ would share Parts in north so WTF are you talking about?

who is going to vote for GEJ in SW? ??

God bless d ops for this thread, did you knw all our leaders that buhari prosecuted and dealt with nw all have their names in history either in their state or in d country.e.g Ambrose ali (Expoma university was renamed after him), Adekunle ajasin( ondo state university), obafemi awolowo ( unife), ojukwu, bisi onabanjo,fela anikulapo kuti etc

Djicemob:
Who is gonna elect buhari? SS,SE,SW, freaking middle belt?...et al. Buhari and GEJ would share Parts in north so WTF are you talking about?

He believes in crying while reading his manifesto just to garner public sympathy and score cheap political points.

Bassee:

He believes in crying while reading his manifesto just to garner public sympathy and score cheap political points.

But let us be honest, it is not easy to weep while trying to read a manifesto, so we can at least be grateful for that extra effort expended to keep the tears flowing as though from a leaking diaper, even while expounding on how the dogs and baboons will ONLY fight to the death IF Buhari is not allowed to IMPOSE his RULE on his local government area in Dongoyaro Village.

agabusta:
TAN guys are getting desperate. Creating threads upon threads to discredit the people's General.

The handwriting is clear on the wall. GMB is going to get elected next year. You don't need to kill yourselves with High BP.

The country is tired of the maladministration of the PDP.

Change is coming!

wait, is dat you wnt change in d ruling party or is it GEJ u're aving problem wit? The mistake mst people are making is dat they're allowing themselves to be fooled by APC. They(APC) av no manifesto, all dey wnt is to jst get hold of d power by all means either by creating force propaganda using d media. They(APC) knw deep down dem that GEJ is working buh to admit it is d prob. Dsame PDP they're tired of produce Atiku,tambuwa,oyinlola,segun oni,kwankawo,ameachi etc who imd8ly became saint and good people wen dey decamp to apc. Let's all unite and allow GEJ to finish d gud wrk he started.

kuderrich:
wait, is dat you wnt change in d ruling party or is it GEJ u're aving problem wit? The mistake mst people are making is dat they're allowing themselves to be fooled by APC. They(APC) av no manifesto, all dey wnt is to jst get hold of d power by all means either by creating force propaganda using d media. They(APC) knw deep down dem that GEJ is working buh to admit it is d prob. Dsame PDP they're tired of produce Atiku,tambuwa,oyinlola,segun oni,kwankawo,ameachi etc who imd8ly became saint and good people wen dey decamp to apc. Let's all unite and allow GEJ to finish d gud wrk he started.

Yes and after decamping, you hear them saying,
'Before I was blind, now I can see'

Bassee:

Yes and after decamping, you hear them saying,
'Before I was blind, now I can see'

don't mind dem,dsame set of people av bn ruling dis country since 1960's, Buhari,mark,atiku,kwankwaso etc why nt jst all GEJ some peace of mind, is it cos he's younger, or cos he join politics late? I jst hp our youth could put sentiment and partisan aprt and stand up to d challenge.

This article seems to be the nail in the coffin for Buhari's bid to presidency. Adieu!

op VOTE FOR CHANGE

I'm sure all those NLanders who want to die for Buhari were not born when the ex-general held sway. If they are aware of all these facts and continue to support him to emerge as the president of Nigeria their heads need to be examined. The list of those that got unjust treatment from Buhari is not by any means exhaustive: our dear Sam Mbakwe of Imo state was not even mentioned. Buhari can not be president. He is just lucky that Nigerians do not always remember their past. This article has driven the last nail into his coffin.

Think you OP.
This is the proper history and our children.