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Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 2:55pm On Jan 23, 2015
Buhari: The Leader Who Defeated His Nation
— January 21, 2015

Buhari’s antecedents can only deal a deathblow to his current attempt at winning the presidency of Nigeria

UZOR MAXIM UZOATU

“I remember in 1985 in Africa Hall that he was for confirmation of Dr Peter Onu of Nigeria, who was acting Secretary General but Nigeria’s Head of State Gen Muhammadu Buhari was adamant in his support of Niger’s candidate, Idi Omaro, a Fulani Muslim. In a meeting, a handful of Presidents led by Nyerere met with Gen Buhari and Nwalimu begged him: ‘Please give us Peter!’ Buhari refused and forgot even to be courteous to his old peers. What was astonishing, when the vote was in favour of Niger’s candidate, the Nigerian Head rejoiced to such a degree that he was unable to control his emotions. That was a moment I witnessed and was convinced that General Buhari would not last long as a leader.” – The OAU: Reality Or Fiction by Ibrahim Daggash, former Head of Information and Communication, Organization of African Unity (OAU); pg 69; ISBN 1-9044722- 25-3

It is unheard-of in history that a self-respecting leader of a country would vote against his country’s candidate in international diplomacy. But here, you have it in black and white, in a book, that former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari would rather have a Fulani Muslim candidate from Niger instead of Nigeria’s own esteemed Dr. Peter Onu. Not even the highly revered then President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere could make Buhari to change his mind. This kind of bizarre shamelessness is why Nigeria is the laughing stock of the civilized world. It is unthinkable that any leader, anywhere would insult his own country by backing an opponent from another country.

The crude tragedy here is that it was the selfsame Buhari who made this patriotic statement: “This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria. We must stay here to salvage it together.” How would the late Peter Onu have faith in Nigeria when he could not get the support of his country’s leader? It is as though the so-called leader was more interested in the ethnicity and religion of Peter Onu’s opponent from Niger than any bonds of citizenship with his Nigerian compatriot. Cry, the beloved country, as Alan Paton entitled his sad book. Attaining the great post of Secretary-General of the then OAU was a task most African countries gave their all in raising their diplomatic stakes. In Peter Onu’s case, he even had the other African countries rooting for him because of his undoubted competence only to be abandoned by the very man at the helm of affairs in his own country.

Indeed Chinua Achebe was spot-on when he stated that the trouble with Nigeria stood on leadership in his classic little book The Trouble With Nigeria. A leader that cannot support his countrymen and women can only be aid to be worse than useless. How indeed will Nigerians be motivated to lift up the country? It all means that all the croaking about “One Nigeria” is a huge joke. Buhari’s antecedents can only deal a deathblow to his current attempt at winning the presidency of Nigeria. He is not showing in any sense whatsoever that he has changed from his old ways which made the author to state in the book quoted above at the beginning of this article that “he was convinced that General Buhary (sic) would not last long as a leader.” All over the internet are quotes of Buhari stressing that he would ensure the entrenchment of the controversial Sharia law all over the country. In a plural society such as Nigeria, that is a surefire way to covet trouble. Buhari ought to know that the country is no longer under military where his word was law. Even then, he was even so easily overthrown by his military peers due to his bad politics. Buhari had earlier said quite undiplomatically that Muslims should vote for only Muslims. It goes against the grain for a man who aspires to be the leader of all to sound so parochial.

Buhari obviously has his fawning sycophants, but the larger public remains unimpressed. It is this his latching to the praise songs of his toadies that makes Buhari imagine that he can ride roughshod over simple rules like presenting his school certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Celebrating a man who cannot produce his mandatory school certificate in the contest for the Nigerian presidency aptly sums up the sorry fate of the country where a child from Anambra State, for instance, must score more than 139 marks to be admitted into the so-called Unity Schools while another child from Yobe State is only required to score just 2, as in TWO, marks. Pathetic! A leader who shamelessly helped to defeat his own country as Buhari did in Peter Onu’s contest for the Secretary-General post of the then OAU has no business putting up his head to lead the country yet again. Since he is so desirous of supporting his Fulani mates from Niger, would it not be wiser to aspire to lead Niger Republic instead? Somebody urgently needs to CHANGE himself first!

http://theunion.com.ng/buhari-the-leader-who-defeated-his-nation/

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 2:56pm On Jan 23, 2015
I'm fine with it.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 2:58pm On Jan 23, 2015
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All of una come see o!!!

Asiri ma tu l'eni yii!!! grin grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:01pm On Jan 23, 2015
sincerenigerian:
I'm fine with it.
He's paying your salary so of course you would be. Next!

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by kingstylo01(m): 3:01pm On Jan 23, 2015
NABS_SBAN grin
Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Truckpusher(m): 3:03pm On Jan 23, 2015
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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by dayo23(f): 3:06pm On Jan 23, 2015
Another PDP propaganda! Una no dey tire ni? Rubbish party and followers! Lie lie people.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:08pm On Jan 23, 2015
dayo23:
Another PDP propaganda! Una no dey tire ni? Rubbish party and followers! Lie lie people.
Did he or did he not vote for a Nigerien Fulani Muslim over a Nigerian Igbo Christian? True or false?

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:08pm On Jan 23, 2015
Same way Kwankwanso is building universities and schools in Niger while 70 percent of northerners are dumb illiterates. Vote an abokí at your own peril

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Trut(m): 3:09pm On Jan 23, 2015
The bigot supported his fellow Fulani man from Niger.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by adamskutty(m): 3:12pm On Jan 23, 2015
Lies from the pit of hell.

Infact this propaganda go ginger me vote for buhari wella. grin

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by otipoju(m): 3:13pm On Jan 23, 2015
It seems you people Dont get it...Buhari is a tool in the hands of Nigerians..

We will use him to fight corruption and after that get a young leader to usher us into a modern Nigeria.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:13pm On Jan 23, 2015
And So what ? How many of you so called " Patriotic nigerisns " wouldn't betray the country for s meagre 50 000 dollars ??
Political post should not be about tribe, nation or religious alliance...Buhari chose who he thought his the best man for d job..shikena.
APC ..power..APC ..change ApC come 2015

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:14pm On Jan 23, 2015
http://www.au.int/en/about/former_secretaries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Organisation_of_African_Unity

Amara Essy
Term of
Office
2001-2003

Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim
Term of Office
1989 - 2001

Ide Oumarou
Term of Office
1085 - 1989

Dr.Peter U. Onu
Term of Office
1983 -1985

Edem Kodjo
Term of Office
1978 - 1983

William Eteki Mboumoua
Term of Office
1974 - 1978

Nzo Ekangaki
Term of Office
1972-1974

Diallo Telli Boubacar
Term of Office
1964 - 1972[/quote[quote author=Trut post=30059575]The bigot supported his fellow Fulani man from Niger.

# Portrait Chairperson Took Office Left Office Country Region
– Kifle Wodajo (acting) 25 May 1963 21 July 1964 Ethiopia East Africa
1 Diallo Telli 21 July 1964 15 June 1972 Guinea West Africa
2 Nzo Ekangaki 15 June 1972 16 June 1974 Cameroon Central Africa
3 William Eteki 16 June 1974 21 July 1978 Cameroon Central Africa
4 Edem Kodjo-Festival international de géographie 2011.jpg Edem Kodjo 21 July 1978 12 June 1983 Togo West Africa
5 Peter Onu (acting) 12 June 1983 20 July 1985 Nigeria West Africa
6 Ide Oumarou 20 July 1985 19 September 1989 Niger West Africa

7 Salim.JPG Salim Ahmed Salim 19 September 1989 17 September 2001 Tanzania East Africa
8 Essy.jpg Amara Essy 17 September 2001 19 July 2002 Côte d'Ivoire West Africa

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Greatihex(m): 3:14pm On Jan 23, 2015
Can buhari defend all these things off hand in the presidential debate? I doubt so.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:14pm On Jan 23, 2015
The many sins of one man....
Even the devil did not commit such attrocities before he was sent out of heaven with his league of demons...

Operation flush Buhari and his demons out of Nigeria. angry

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by AlfaSeltzer(m): 3:15pm On Jan 23, 2015
Chai Buhari

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nctrice(m): 3:16pm On Jan 23, 2015
I am not surprised! The Buhari guy is well known for his tribal and religious bigotry! The Nigerian youth supporting him today are either so blind that they can't see beyond their noses or they are bigots like him

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:17pm On Jan 23, 2015
[s]
rickkid:

Buhari: The Leader Who Defeated His Nation
— January 21, 2015

Buhari’s antecedents can only deal a deathblow to his current attempt at winning the presidency of Nigeria

UZOR MAXIM UZOATU

“I remember in 1985 in Africa Hall that he was for confirmation of Dr Peter Onu of Nigeria, who was acting Secretary General but Nigeria’s Head of State Gen Muhammadu Buhari was adamant in his support of Niger’s candidate, Idi Omaro, a Fulani Muslim. In a meeting, a handful of Presidents led by Nyerere met with Gen Buhari and Nwalimu begged him: ‘Please give us Peter!’ Buhari refused and forgot even to be courteous to his old peers. What was astonishing, when the vote was in favour of Niger’s candidate, the Nigerian Head rejoiced to such a degree that he was unable to control his emotions. That was a moment I witnessed and was convinced that General Buhari would not last long as a leader.” – The OAU: Reality Or Fiction by Ibrahim Daggash, former Head of Information and Communication, Organization of African Unity (OAU); pg 69; ISBN 1-9044722- 25-3

It is unheard-of in history that a self-respecting leader of a country would vote against his country’s candidate in international diplomacy. But here, you have it in black and white, in a book, that former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari would rather have a Fulani Muslim candidate from Niger instead of Nigeria’s own esteemed Dr. Peter Onu. Not even the highly revered then President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere could make Buhari to change his mind. This kind of bizarre shamelessness is why Nigeria is the laughing stock of the civilized world. It is unthinkable that any leader, anywhere would insult his own country by backing an opponent from another country.

The crude tragedy here is that it was the selfsame Buhari who made this patriotic statement: “This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria. We must stay here to salvage it together.” How would the late Peter Onu have faith in Nigeria when he could not get the support of his country’s leader? It is as though the so-called leader was more interested in the ethnicity and religion of Peter Onu’s opponent from Niger than any bonds of citizenship with his Nigerian compatriot. Cry, the beloved country, as Alan Paton entitled his sad book. Attaining the great post of Secretary-General of the then OAU was a task most African countries gave their all in raising their diplomatic stakes. In Peter Onu’s case, he even had the other African countries rooting for him because of his undoubted competence only to be abandoned by the very man at the helm of affairs in his own country.

Indeed Chinua Achebe was spot-on when he stated that the trouble with Nigeria stood on leadership in his classic little book The Trouble With Nigeria. A leader that cannot support his countrymen and women can only be aid to be worse than useless. How indeed will Nigerians be motivated to lift up the country? It all means that all the croaking about “One Nigeria” is a huge joke. Buhari’s antecedents can only deal a deathblow to his current attempt at winning the presidency of Nigeria. He is not showing in any sense whatsoever that he has changed from his old ways which made the author to state in the book quoted above at the beginning of this article that “he was convinced that General Buhary (sic) would not last long as a leader.” All over the internet are quotes of Buhari stressing that he would ensure the entrenchment of the controversial Sharia law all over the country. In a plural society such as Nigeria, that is a surefire way to covet trouble. Buhari ought to know that the country is no longer under military where his word was law. Even then, he was even so easily overthrown by his military peers due to his bad politics. Buhari had earlier said quite undiplomatically that Muslims should vote for only Muslims. It goes against the grain for a man who aspires to be the leader of all to sound so parochial.

Buhari obviously has his fawning sycophants, but the larger public remains unimpressed. It is this his latching to the praise songs of his toadies that makes Buhari imagine that he can ride roughshod over simple rules like presenting his school certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Celebrating a man who cannot produce his mandatory school certificate in the contest for the Nigerian presidency aptly sums up the sorry fate of the country where a child from Anambra State, for instance, must score more than 139 marks to be admitted into the so-called Unity Schools while another child from Yobe State is only required to score just 2, as in TWO, marks. Pathetic! A leader who shamelessly helped to defeat his own country as Buhari did in Peter Onu’s contest for the Secretary-General post of the then OAU has no business putting up his head to lead the country yet again. Since he is so desirous of supporting his Fulani mates from Niger, would it not be wiser to aspire to lead Niger Republic instead? Somebody urgently needs to CHANGE himself first!
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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by ichidodo: 3:22pm On Jan 23, 2015
Nctrice:
I am not surprised! The Buhari guy is well known for his tribal and religious bigotry! The Nigerian youth supporting him today are either so blind that they can't see beyond their noses or they are bigots like him
No, they aren't blind but ignorant...if you want to hide anything from a black man just put inside a book.Gbam

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Dannyset(m): 3:23pm On Jan 23, 2015
But we have seen this before na.
And we still agreed to vote for him because he loves us and we love him too.
He won't run dry our reserves,
He won't steal our $20B,
He won't allow his ministers to buy bullet proof cars wit tax payers money.
He won't allow some ministers to escape NASS summons for using our N9B to maintain jet,
He won't corrupt our Senior Soldiers,
He won't divide the country,
And many more.
How much we love Buhari.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Duru1(m): 3:23pm On Jan 23, 2015
Yet most Nigerians still ask why is Nigeria in disarray. It is because Nigerians had allowed patented foreigners from Niger Republic or Chad or Cameroon such as Muhammed Buhari to lead the country.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Dlionsheart: 3:25pm On Jan 23, 2015
sincerenigerian:
I'm fine with it.

How can we be so wicked to entrust our dear Nation - Nigeria into the hand of this monster called buhari. Four years is not four days.

Come sun come rain, I will stick to Dr. Jonathan.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Trut(m): 3:26pm On Jan 23, 2015
Seun, Ngwakwe, etal. This is front page thread

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by wazobiaforu(m): 3:27pm On Jan 23, 2015
SERIOUSLY PDP NO GET RESTING TIME AGAIN ...... Hospitals go sell well well when the result is out latest by Monday 16th of Feb











whosoever have brain should know the devils now and how desperate they are

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Takara: 3:27pm On Jan 23, 2015
rickkid:


http://theunion.com.ng/buhari-the-leader-who-defeated-his-nation/

how can we corroborate this story. I mean which other source can confirm that Buhari voted for Niger against Nigeria apart from your Mr Maxim Uzoatu?

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Trut(m): 3:29pm On Jan 23, 2015
Takara:


how can we corroborate this story. I mean which other source can confirm that Buhari voted for Niger against Nigeria apart from your Mr Maxim Uzoatu?

Scannews is another source

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by dhardline(m): 3:31pm On Jan 23, 2015
I hope those in support of GMB can see this cause its so clear that this man does not deserve a second chance.All his charade are being exposed one after the other,tufia.I will NEVER vote for this man.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by vatoslocos: 3:31pm On Jan 23, 2015
The publication titled, OAU: Reality or Fiction is by itself Fictitious. It is non existent.

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:31pm On Jan 23, 2015
Someone who chose tribal and religious affiliations over Nigeria and our National interest is now the Shining Angel who will lead us to the Promised Land abi? Is this how short Nigerian memories are 1985 was just 30 years ago, is that how easy it is to convince a Nigerian to vote for his own oppressor?
Someone who preferred for Nigeria to lose such an influential international seat so that his Fulani Muslim kinsman from from Niger Republic can get it is now the person who cares about Nigerians and Nigerian youths so much? Anybody who believes this, abeg PM me. I get land for Eko Atlantic wey I wan sell for you, N100,000 flat grin grin grin

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Nobody: 3:33pm On Jan 23, 2015
vatoslocos:
The publication titled, OAU: Reality or Fiction is by itself Fictitious. It is non existent.
LIES AS USUAL!!!

http://books.google.com.ng/books/about/The_OAU.html?id=DXPqZwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

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Re: Buhari Voted For Niger Republic Over Nigeria At OAU by Takara: 3:35pm On Jan 23, 2015
Trut:


Scannews is another source

Ok, are u saying this issue was witnessed by only the author you quoted?

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