John Campbell, a former US ambassador to Nigeria, now with the Council on Foreign Relations has come to the defence of Gen Mohammadu Buhari, the presidential aspirant of the APC, whom the opposition have labelled as an extremist.
According to reports on Vanguard, Cambell noted that PDP efforts to brand Buhari as an extremist devoted to Islamic law have also been successful.

The former envoy said “It is grossly unfair. I know him. He is not an extremist but these things resonate.”
Buhari, a former army general who led a military government for 20 months from December 1983, is hardly the dream candidate for many in the south, experts say.
Some southerners have an entrenched antipathy towards Muslims from the Hausa ethnic group, members of which plundered the country as military rulers through much of the 1980s and 1990s.
The PDP have harped on this as a campaign strategy, claiming the APC, Presidential Flag-bearer and former military dictator, is obviously a hard sell for his party, not only as a Muslim extremist, who treats issues on religions lines, but his diminishing, absurd and out-modeled leadership qualities that can no longer stand the test of time.
These assertions according to Vanguard are untrue. Some have argued that parties spend too much effort striving for ethno-religious balance, noting that the most popular presidential ticket since independence in 1960 — the 1993 campaign of the Social Democratic Party — contained two Muslims. Moshood Abiola and running mate Baba Gana Kingibe were easily on track to win the polls before military ruler Ibrahim Babangida nullified the vote. Many commentators were clamouring for popular Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola, a Muslim, to head the APC ticket in 2015, but the party decided it needed a
Hausa candidate to defeat Jonathan.
|
http://www.naij.com/378204-buhari-is-not-an-extremist-ex-u-s-ambassador.html

john campbell you no dey naija, how you wan take know? Bwhari is a wolf in sheep clothing.. SIMPLE

I first met Gen.Buhari over 30years ago. He is not an extremist by any measure.

ISpiksDaTroof:
I first met Gen.Buhari over 30years ago. He is not an extremist by any measure.

“It is grossly unfair", as ambassador Campbell says, but he also said they seem to be succeeding in tarnishing his image.

Even those from the west are testifying in defense of BUHARI. Against all odds, the general seems to be growing in rank. God, you are too much.



*sings 'Jesus by eze' by Duncan mighty* <i>naso dem go de do am// dem no wan realise am...realise am//say na God wey de do am...do am.// Jesus by eze ooo...Jesus by eze...</i>


May God destroy pdp and their agents!

' It is grossly unfair,I KNOW HIM'

There can never be democracy in a third world country


another chocolate mousse pls

Those lies will only work with people who are Religious extremist both (Christians and Muslims)who lack the ability to think critically.
Amongst those who think their problems in life are caused by dead step mother.
They carry those 2 foreign books about and proclaim them the truth. That is in spite of good scientific evidence to the contrary.

x

Please move this to frontpage!

.

.

Thank you Mr Cambell! This has always been the position of patriotic Nigerians. Only a wicked, foolish or ignorant will brand the amiable General such wicked title. The General is a disciplined, tact, focused, patriotic and a very fine Gentleman. We shall make him our 15th President and Commander-in-Chief come May 29.

“It is grossly unfair. I know him. He is not an extremist but these things resonate.

Everything is working together for the good of APC.

We have placed our trust on thee O lord order our steps to victory. Amen.

Like GEJ said, America will know. At least America knows that GMB is not an extremist. If Nigeria explodes, gej should be dragged to the ICC for war crimes.

Alrit

Anyone capable of independent thought and seeing beyond the veil of propaganda already knows that Buhari was never an extremist - only blockheads do.
It is nonetheless pleasing to note that the truth is finally reaching the easily mislead gullible and the downright ignorant - through such revelation from quite credible source like the former American Ambassador.
PDP's dirty tactics is backfiring against them and making the General even more popular.

My able general vindicated once again

Our General