A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr Junaid Mohammed, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s tribute to the late President Shehu Shagari, who passed away on Friday at the age of 93.

Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, had described Shagari’s death as the departure of a  patriot,  whose life of service and humility was widely acknowledged.

But Mohammed in an interview with our correspondent stated that Shagari had gained respect by retiring and living a quiet lifestyle, unlike some in the current political class.

The elder statesman said, “Quite a number of the people who would claim to be his friends were actually his enemies and they contributed tremendously to bringing down that government and in making it impossible for us to have a meaningful democratic dispensation years after his departure from office.”

When asked his thoughts on Buhari’s tribute, he said, “It’s not sincere. If you’ve contributed so much in bringing down a government and bringing down a man who had nothing to gain, even though he had poor eyesight and was in poor health – he was in his late 60s then – you cannot say, from 1984 till now, you got along well. How did you get along well?

“No matter what you say about the Shagari administration, he knew how to retire from public service quietly, with a tremendous amount of nobility and self-respect. You have to give him that.

“In terms of retirement and living a quiet life and garnering more respect, Shagari is certainly one of Nigeria’s most outstanding leaders and I certainly believe the nation will continue to mourn him appropriately.”

According to Mohammed, he was devastated by the news of Shagari’s demise.

He added that Shagari believed in the goodness of human nature, even when human nature was not always good.

“The first Shagari administration of 1979 wasn’t particularly spectacular. There are quite a number of people there who really disappointed us, both National Party of Nigeria and Shagari, the president. He endured a lot but he didn’t want to rock the boat, so he waited until after the election in 1983 when some the characters were simply asked to leave or reappointed.

“But even then there were others who were reappointed and I have a feeling that was because of pressure from within the party by some people who were seen to be above the law. Some of us would have been happy to see many of those who did not serve the country well outright sacked even before the end of the four-year term.

“Shagari had a very modest lifestyle. If you got to know him personally, he was very cool and had a tremendous sense of humour. He got on very well with quite a number of people. He was a very wonderful man. I really enjoyed discussing with him even though we had our political differences.”


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Buhari is too wicked

Buhari is bigot, unforgivable and vindictive person.He toppled Shagari govt.Retired his son-Capt.Bala Shagari from the army for no reasonable reason and expelled his other son from the Airforce Military School Jos.

Nobody is speaking good of Buhari , he must be a very terrible person .

Asshurbanipal:
Buhari is too wicked

Iffah Post Like For Atiku And Share for Buhari now the Wicked Buhari would still Win. Las las the Wicked Buhari would still Win 2019 election. I cannot coman kill myself my own is that they should stop fighting corruption and focus on change. U can't be fighting corruption for 4 wasted years, na world war

Abortions:
Iffah Post Like For Atiku And Share for Buhari now the Wicked Buhari would still Win. Las las the Wicked Buhari would still Win 2019 election. I cannot coman kill myself my own is that they should stop fighting corruption and focus on change. U can't be fighting corruption for 4 wasted years, na world war

na today ? if your father get prick bold do the like and share tin

Shagari ran a corrupt govt then with that his long hat.

orion7:
na today ? if your father get prick bold do the and like tin na

Ah ah! Speak pidgin naw

the painful part is that Buhari overthrew him for nothing

NaijaRoyalty:
Nobody is speaking good of Buhari , he must be a very terrible person .

if you don't know Buhari is Satan in the flesh by now then I am surprised

Nigerians politicians have ready made answer for any questions

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Na hypocrite nau.

He is doing many ridiculous things out of desperation for power.

Buhari ti daran gan o

Why

Knock-out punch from Junaid

Waiting to hear the official BMC/Zombie opinion on this.

Abortions:
Iffah Post Like For Atiku And Share for Buhari now the Wicked Buhari would still Win. Las las the Wicked Buhari would still Win 2019 election. I cannot coman kill myself my own is that they should stop fighting corruption and focus on change. U can't be fighting corruption for 4 wasted years, na world war

Hahahaha
Shebi you guys said he's Jubril from Sudan?

Don't concede defeat yet, keep on Atikulating your Obituary.

By next month, Buhari is raising his right fist in the North. That's when you would cry blood.

History is hitting Buhari on all sides and nowhere to run to.

Happy new year !!!

Me, i don already enter 2019

Me and politics...

Naijaguy12345:
Shagari ran a corrupt govt then with that his long hat.

Buhari overthrew him and plunged the economy in recession.
And Abacha ran an even worse govt but he's friends with Buhari so he's ok.

I done tire for Lagos.

Bad belle everywhere.

The fella is living in the past.

Many of these guys would not tell us us the real reason they are beefing!

Bubu is the evil one

Just ironic

Wait for the Afonjas to come and tell you that they love Buhari more than Junaid his Fulani brother love him.

It is not Buhari that brought down Shagari's government, its the military.

hmmmm



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