ABAKALIKI-A prominent Peoples Democratic Party, PDP stalwart in Ebonyi state, Chief Abia Onyike weekend, described the recent appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari as the pursuit for the Northernization policy against the South East and South West geopolitical zones of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari In a statement issued in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, the social critic and politician explained that Buhari lacked the qualities of one who is nationalistic and patriotic in disposition and leadership. The statement read in part: “Buhari has ignored the fact that Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation state. He is deliberately pursuing a Northernization policy of alienating Nigeria’s two other powerful regions – the East and the West. “By making the sort of appointment he made since assuming the Presidency, he he has shown that he lacks the qualities of a Nationalist and patriot. “The lopesided appointments portrayed him more as a Northern operative and Caliphate fanatic. As it is now the South East and South South have been vindicated for having viewed his electoral bid very critical “I made the observation long ago that Buhari was wagging a secret war on the Igbos. His tragic electoral performance in the South East should have cautioned him to make friends with the East instead of becoming fiendish and jittery and planning to annihilate the Igbos politically. “He has made over 35 appointments since assuming office and made sure nobody from the South East is there. Buhari should not know that Nigeria is a tripod, made up of three regions. Anybody ruling Nigeria must recognize this reality in the interest of peace, equity and fairness. “The creation of 19 states for the North and manipulation of the census figures by successive military dictatorship headed by Northerners does not make the North superior to other regions. “And now Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade cannot stand because it is founded on a dubious political pedestal. Buhari wants to use the probe to emasculate his perceived political enemies – the Easterners while
his Northern brothers will continue to retain their oil block in a region outside theirs. He wants to be robbing Peter to pay Paul. The resources he uses to run the Federal government and maintain the appointment he makes comes from the East yet he robs them to settle his Northern brothers. This is economic brigandage and a more criminal level of political corruption
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