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#throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TheSecretary: 3:59pm On Feb 11, 2017

The Nigerian president in that year was
Umar Musa Yar'Adua and he had been
sick and away from the country for a
while. The then vice president, Goodluck
Jonathan, was made the acting president
and the entire country was confused
about the exact state of Yar'Adua's
health.
Then an opposition leader, General
Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), joined the
growing number of Nigerians to call for
the removal of President Umaru Musa
Yar'Adua.
READ ALSO : Buhari is not in the hospital -
Presidency
According to the This Day article dated
March 9, 2010, President Buhari
maintained that the only viable option
out of the present political logjam in the
country was for the Executive Council of
the Federation (EXCOF) to declare the
president incapacitated and have him
impeached .
Buhari, in 2010, said Nigeria should not
have been in the situation it was in the
first instance because the constitution
had made it clear on how an ailing
president could be succeeded.
Insisting on Yar'Adua's impeachment, he
said the refusal of the council to follow
constitutional provisions with regards to
the illness of the then president had
thrown Nigeria into crisis and he argued
that the 1999 Constitution was clear on
the issue of succession when an
incumbent president is incapacitated.
Buhari, who is the president now, said all
this when he received members of the
National Unity Forum in Kaduna who
paid him a solidarity visit.
Goodluck Jonathan was not spared, as
the former military ruler criticized what
he described as "extra-constitutional
measures", the measures applied by the
National Assembly to empower Goodluck
Jonathan as the acting president when
the constitution already had a solution to
the problem.
READ ALSO: 6 things Osinbajo has done as
acting president
Below were his words from March 2010:
"Political expediency won't remedy this
kind of problem because if the Executive
Council of the Federation had acted in
accordance with the constitution, by
invoking the necessary sections to declare
the President incapacitated, we would not
have found ourselves in this present
situation.
"As you can see, adopting extra-
constitutional measures have not
addressed the problem. If it had, we would
not have been subjected to the raging
debates and controversy going on. So, we
must go back to the constitution.
"The Executive Council of the Federation
must do the right thing because once we
start moving away from the constitution,
then we are inviting anarchy.”

Looking back at 2010, from 2017, it is
indeed ironical that President Buhari is
now receiving treatment in another
country, and he has placed his vice
president, Yemi Osinbajo, as the acting
president?!
source:https://www.naij.com/1087422-yaradua-sick-impeach-buhari-2010.html
Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TheSecretary: 4:05pm On Feb 11, 2017
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Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by fuckingAyaya(m): 4:06pm On Feb 11, 2017
the law of karma

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Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by onibokun10(m): 4:10pm On Feb 11, 2017
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Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TheSecretary: 4:21pm On Feb 11, 2017
fuckingAyaya:
the law of karma
Yea... He prolly didn't imagine his statement would come to hunt him

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Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by respect80(m): 4:24pm On Feb 11, 2017
fuckingAyaya:
the law of karma
You got it right.
What a crystal clear portray of the 1st karmic law.

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Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TheABOMINATION: 4:24pm On Feb 11, 2017
It is only fair that the same law that you used to judged others should be used to judge you lol.
Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TheSecretary: 4:36pm On Feb 11, 2017
TheABOMINATION:
It is only fair that the same law that you used to judged others should be used to judge you lol.
exactly!!
Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by ThinkSmarter: 5:28pm On Feb 11, 2017
This post will not likely hit FP cuz Nairaland z always biased and partial.
Cuz it's exposing PMB, the mods will snub it despite that the information z coming from a reliable source.
Meanwhile, I heard that about 305 Imams and Leading Pastors were charged by Borno governor to pray for the speedy recovery of our Hale and Hearty president.
Ayam not understanding.
Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TonyeBarcanista(m): 5:42pm On Feb 11, 2017
We all know that a federal executive council whose members are 100% appointees of the president save the VP cannot declare the president incapacitated.
Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by ehissi(m): 6:24pm On Feb 11, 2017
When Karma Chooses to Appear as a Fulani man, your case becomes as different as President Buhari's own.....
Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TheSecretary: 7:32pm On Feb 11, 2017
TonyeBarcanista:
We all know that a federal executive council whose members are 100% appointees of the president save the VP cannot declare the president incapacitated.
....and majority from his tribe too
Re: #throwback: Buhari On Yar'adua's Sickness by TheSecretary: 7:32pm On Feb 11, 2017
ThinkSmarter:
This post will not likely hit FP cuz Nairaland z always biased and partial.
Cuz it's exposing PMB, the mods will snub it despite that the information z coming from a reliable source.
Meanwhile, I heard that about 305 Imams and Leading Pastors were charged by Borno governor to pray for the speedy recovery of our Hale and Hearty president.
Ayam not understanding.
LOL... its all for show

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