Dr. Ope Banwo watches the infamous AIT-
aired documentary The Real Buhari and points
out to a number of facts that the 55-minute-
long feature may have gotten wrong in
depicting the former military ruler of Nigeria
who is today contesting for a presidential
seat.
Much like the highlypublicized scandal
regarding Buhari’s school certificates , the
aforementioned broadcast has become a
subject of scrutiny and harsh criticism for
portraying Gen. Buhari (rtd.) in a mostly
negative light.
Dr. Ope Banwo is a Nigerian attorney and a
PhD holder in Law, a pastor, author of several
books, and a business consultant. In his
opinion article, entitled The BIG FAT LIES Of
AIT In “The Real Buhari” Documentary
EXPOSED! and published on the
hardtalknaija.com website, Dr. Banwo admits
that AIT is a privately-owned TV station and
is, therefore, entitled “to advertise or air
anything it wants”. However, he is quick to
point out that “it should be a criminal act for a
nationally-licensed TV station” to broadcast
“falsehood against a contestant in the Nigerian
elections” and “pull the wool over the eyes of
unsuspecting Nigerians who trust his station
to report the news to them daily.”
Dr. Banwo decided to watch the 55-minute
documentary himself to do his own fact-
checking. Below is the list of nine points that
AIT got wrong on Muhammadu Buhari, as
stated by Dr. Banwo.

The documentary claimed the
Maitatsine riots started during Buhari
regime: A simple online fact-check will reveal
that the Maitatsine riots started in 1980, and
the riots in which over 3,000 people died
actually occurred from 1975 -1982, many
years before Buhari came to power. In fact,
Maitatsine was killed in one of the riots in
1980, though some of his adherents continued
to inflict damage up to 1984.
Truth be told, unlike the lackluster campaign
we have witnessed under Jonathan against the
Boko Haram sect, the Maitatsine sect was
actually crushed during the Buhari regime, and
its leaders scattered to Cameroon, when Buhari
sent an overwhelming military force to confront
them in 1984. Again, this happened in my
school activism days so I know what I am
talking about. Also, the objective history books
and websites still online support this history.
Yet, AIT shamelessly tried to claim that
religious riots started under Buhari.

The documentary claimed Buhari
expelled Ghanians from Nigeria: Simply
Google or ask any Ghanaian who was old
enough at the time. It was President Shehu
Shagari of NPN who first expelled over
1,000,000 Ghanaians in 1983 in the infamous
‘Ghana-Must-Go’ inicdent, as some sort of
retaliation for what the Ghanaians did to
Nigeria in 1969. This was before Buhari came
to power. You can check the facts yourself
from this 1983 story by New York Times.

The documentary claimed Gloria Okoh, the
drug carrier, disappeared from justice under
Buhari: We all know the Gloria Okon fake
“death” and disappearance saga happened
under Ibrahim Babanginda after he overthrew
Buhari. In fact, the late Dele Giwa was
rumored to have been bombed to eternity
after Buhari had been overthrown, for being too
nosy about what really happened. I remember
very well how Gani Fawehinmi fought a gallant
battle to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Again, the person most people accused at the
time was Ibrahim Babangida, who overthrew
Buhari, and not Buhari himself.

The documentary claimed Fela identified
Buhari in the $2.8billion oil money scandal in
his song: Fela’s song about the missing
money is still available everywhere. I have a
copy of it and have listened to it again just in
case I didn’t listen well before. Truth is,
Fela never mentioned Buhari’s name. He only
mentioned OBJ and Abola. Of course, the AIT
people disingenuously edited that part of the
tape out when they played Fela’s music in
their documentary. This is definite proof they
deliberately lied, otherwise why not let the
song play to the point where names were
mentioned?

The documentary claimed that Buhari had a
nabd in the death of Fela’s mother, Funmilayo
Ransome-Kuti: Again, a simple fact check by
my 6-year-old daughter would reveal that
Fela’s mother died after Olusegun Obasanjo
invaded the Kalakuta Republic of Fela in 1978.
It was OBJ that ordered the house of his
former Abeokuta Grammar schoolmate to be
burnt down over his criticism of OBJ
government. I remember that one very well
because our house was a walking distance
from Fela’s shrine then and we all rushed to
witness the “unknown soldier” saga play out in
living colors ,and I saw Fela’s mother actually
being thrown out of the window from upstairs
by soldiers loyal to OBJ. Fela even released a
song about it well before Buhari even came
power more than 6 years later in 1984.

The documentary
claimed Buhari imprisoned innocent
politicians: History shows that all politicians
sentenced to prison by the 1984 Military
Tribunal were found to either having enriched
themselves with public funds, or diverted
public funds. None of them were convicted.
Even President Jonathan whom they were
trying to help did not really say the politicians
were innocent. He only said there should have
been a difference between stealing and fraud!
He said, someone someday stole “only N5m”
and was given 15 years jail, or someone stole
money that was not enough to buy a
Volkswagen and was sentenced to life. A
government thief is a thief, whether N1 or
N100M. They were all tried, not by Buhari but
by a properly constituted tribunal. In any case,
how any sane person who was an adult in
1983, could argue that people like Umaru
Dikko, Akinloye, Ambrose Alli and even
Ekwueme were innocent is beyond me.
The documentary claimed that Buhari has
been losing since 1999: Buhari’s first shot
was in 2003. In 1999, it was Chief Olu Falae of
ANPP/AD that contested against Obj. In any
case, why does it matter if he contested so
many times and lost? Many great leaders have
lost countless elections before finally getting a
chance. Even the Great Obafemi Awolowo and
the Great Nnamdi Azikiwe also contested many
times, too, without winning, but I don’t see AIT
criticizing that!

The documentary criticized Buhari for his
stewardship of PTF: Yet, the truth remains
that he was vigorously investigated by the
vengeful OBJ and nothing was found on him.
Even OBJ recently confessed that the Fraud
Investigation report did not find anything
against Buhari. Still, that did not stop the lying
journalists at AIT from claiming he was corrupt
as the PTF leader though they could not show
any proof.

The documentary claimed that Buhari owned
and benefited from Afri-Projects Consortium
scandals: While I definitely agree that the Afri-
Project Consortium did a poor job with the
enormous responsibilities it was given as
consultants by the PTF, there is no shred of
evidence to suggest that Buhari is one of its
owners or that he personally benefited from
their operations. It is a testament to the
deception behind this hogwash documentary
that the narrator kept saying “APC” in its
presentation of Afri-Projects Consortium to
somehow connect the company with APC on a
mental level. What a shame.
The truth behind this big fat lie is that Afri-
Projects Consortium Ltd is a registered
company in Nigeria, and the AIT should have
published their Form CO2 and CO7 to show us
the real owners. Buhari has constantly
challenged everyone to show proof of any ill-
gotten wealth in his hands and nobody,
including the AIT crew, has been able to do
that. The man still lives in a modest house and
remains the only former head of state without
mansions in Abuja or elsewhere, and yet these
idiots would want us to believe he stole
billions of dollars.
“The fact that President Jonathan and his paid
supporters are desperate to win at all costs is
all too obvious, even to the blind,” Dr. Banwo
writes. “It is really annoying that every time
you ask Jonathan’s supporters to give you a
lucid reason why Jonathan should be returned
for another 4 years, all they keep saying is
‘ Buhari was a dictator and an Islamist’ .
Essentially, their strategy remains, ‘ Vote for
Jonathan because Buhari is bad’ . What an
embarrassment!”
Dr. Banwo dares “the whole AIT crew, lawyers
and owners,” to call him out or sue him for
libel if they manage to refute his observations.

Source: www.naij.com

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