Gen Muhammadu Buhari.


Sir, let us examine your service records. I consider
your generation a very privileged one, indeed. In
1975 at the age of 33, you were appointed the
Military Governor of the North-Eastern State, present
day Borno & Yobe states.

In 1976 at the age of 34 you became the Minister for
Petroleum and Natural Resources. In 1978 at the age
of 36 you became the Chairman of the Nigeria
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Today the
reverse is the case. Most Nigerians at age of 35 are
still unemployed and still living with parents. Many
are still not married. During your time you were
already Governor at this age.

One major reason for this unfortunate turn of events
is that many elders like you have refused to
voluntarily handover the baton to the next
generation. Life should be a relay race where one
runs his race and hands over to the next. In Nigeria
many elders like you have run their races and are
still holding on tenaciously to the baton.
But Sir, I have an important question here for you.
The question is simple, MUST YOU SERVE NIGERIA AS
A PRESIDENT ONLY? IS THERE NO OTHER CAPACITY
YOU CAN SERVE US EXCEPT THE PRESIDENCY? It is
very erroneous to imagine that you can only serve
Nigeria only in one capacity. During the regime of
late General Sani Abacha, you accepted the
appointment to serve as the Chairman of the then
Petroleum Trust Fund PTF.

The general opinion was that you served faithfully in
this capacity. Well done Sir! But you never asked
Abacha to vacate office for you as your former
subordinate in the army. Never! In fact that would
have been a dangerous move, if not suicidal. Rather
you served faithfully under your former junior in the
army.

Sir, imagine if you take on another job like the
Chairman of EFCC or ICPC or NDLEA.
Nigerians actually need you to serve in one of these
capacities much more than they need you in the
Presidency. Mere mentioning your name as
Chairman of EFCC would drive many corrupt men
underground. But you wouldn’t . Either the
Presidency or nothing. When are you going to
handover to the next person? It is either you do it
voluntarily or risk disgrace at the polls. In 1983 at the
age of 41, you became the Head of State.
Most Nigerians in my age have not had the
opportunity to serve, but we still remain committed
to the Nigerian project. You should rather be
graceful to God and to Nigerians for the numerous
opportunities that have come your way to serve
Nigerians. Others are begging for just one
opportunity to serve. Sir, you have to accept the stark
reality on ground that you have served your time
already.

That is life for you. You run the race, you handover
the baton for others to run, you cannot hold on to
the baton more than is necessary. As a former head
of State you are already a member of the Council of
State Meeting. You have every avenue to channel
your views across. You don’t necessarily have to be
in a frontline role, you can serve in an advisory
capacity. That is still service.


In conclusion, let me state that the greatest
beneficiary of your emergence as the APC
Presidential candidate is Jonathan. It is crystal clear
that you cannot defeat President Jonathan in a free,
fair and credible election, even in Katsina State.
Sentiments aside, Jonathan would cruise to a
landslide victory now that you've emerged as the APC
presidential candidate. In fact many political analysts
believe that President Jonathan wanted you to
emerge as the APC flag bearer in order to secure a
cheap victory. In fairness to you, any of your Children
would pose a serious challenge to Jonathan more
than yourself.
I do not see Nigerians electing a 72 year old former
Head of state to lead us in this Digital era. With due
respect to you Sir, you belong to the Analogue age
and therefore, will not fit in as president in this
digital era.

This is the blunt truth. Please do not enter the
Guinness book of world records on a negative note.
Losing four consecutive Presidential election would
not augur well for your reputation. It is in your best
interest to assume your position as an elder
statesman and allow others to serve. Nigeria does
not belong to you alone. It belongs to us all !


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