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FLASHBACK: The Coup Speech That Overthrew Buhari On August 27th, 1985 (part 1) by oluspicy: 7:47am On Sep 18, 2016
I, Brigadier Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro, of the Nigerian Army, hereby make the following declaration on behalf of my colleagues and members of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

Fellow country men, the intervention of the military at the end of 1983 was welcomed by the nation with unprecedented enthusiasm. Nigerians were unified in accepting the intervention and looked forward hopefully to progressive changes for the better. Almost two years later, it has become clear that the fulfillment of expectations is not forthcoming.
Because this generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country but Nigeria, we could not stay passive and watch a small group of individuals misuse power to the detriment of our national aspirations and interest.

No nation can ever achieve meaningful strides in its development where there is an absence of cohesion in the hierarchy of government; where it has become clear that positive action by the policy makers is hindered because as a body it lacks a unity of purpose.

It is evident that the nation would be endangered with the risk of continuous misdirection. We are presently confronted with that danger. In such a situation, if action can be taken to arrest further damage, it should and must be taken. This is precisely what we have done.

The Nigerian public has been made to believe that the slow pace of action of the Federal Government headed by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was due to the enormity of the problems left by the last civilian administration.

Although it is true that a lot of problems were left behind by the last civilian government, the real reason, however, for the very slow pace of action is due to lack of unanimity of purpose among the ruling body; subsequently, the business of governance has gradually been subjected to ill-motivated power play considerations. The ruling body, the Supreme Military Council, has, therefore, progressively been made redundant by the actions of a select few members charged with the day-to-day implementation of the SMC’s policies and decision.

The concept of collective leadership has been substituted by stubborn and illadvised unilateral actions, thereby destroying the principles upon which the government came to power. Any effort made to advise the leadership, met with stubborn resistance and was viewed as a challenge to authority or disloyalty.

Thus, the scene was being set for systematic elimination of what, was termed oppositions. All the energies of the rulership were directed at this imaginary opposition rather than to effective leadership.

The result of this misdirected effort is now very evident in the country as a whole. The government has started to drift. The economy does not seem to be getting any better as we witness daily increased inflation.

The nation’s meager resources are once again being wasted on unproductive ventures. Government has distanced itself from the people and the yearnings and aspirations of the people as constantly reflected in the media have been ignored.

This is because a few people have arrogated to themselves the right to make the decisions for the larger part of the ruling body. All these events have shown that the present composition of our country’s leadership cannot, therefore, justify its continued occupation of that position.
Re: FLASHBACK: The Coup Speech That Overthrew Buhari On August 27th, 1985 (part 1) by Nobody: 8:09am On Sep 18, 2016
Ok.
But campaign after the election is a waste of time.
But between a Slow GMB and a very corrupt GEJ, it was an easy choice.

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Re: FLASHBACK: The Coup Speech That Overthrew Buhari On August 27th, 1985 (part 1) by Balkan(m): 8:53am On Sep 18, 2016
BUBU chai
Re: FLASHBACK: The Coup Speech That Overthrew Buhari On August 27th, 1985 (part 1) by GMbuharii: 8:54am On Sep 18, 2016
A sequel needed asap.

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Re: FLASHBACK: The Coup Speech That Overthrew Buhari On August 27th, 1985 (part 1) by Chimezie250(m): 1:06pm On Sep 18, 2016
its clear Buhari regime will be a waste of four years with a damage that will take us yrs to rebuild
Re: FLASHBACK: The Coup Speech That Overthrew Buhari On August 27th, 1985 (part 1) by gustavo281: 1:27pm On Sep 18, 2016
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