Azuka Onwuka

There are two kinds of supporters that worked for the 2015 electoral victory of President Muhammadu Buhari. The first group is made up of those who supported the presidential bid of Buhari in 2015 because they genuinely wanted a better Nigeria. They were not satisfied with the administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan, and believed that Buhari held the key to Nigeria’s transformation. They saw Buhari as a leader who would not condone corruption, nepotism, tribalism, mediocrity, wastefulness, flamboyance, and the like.


The second group supported Buhari for personal reasons. In this group were those who supported Buhari because he was their kinsman. They wanted their kinsman (or one who spoke the same language with them) to be president. For them, it was their turn to rule Nigeria. Another section of this second group supported Buhari because his running mate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, was their kinsman. The deduction was that if Buhari became the President, their kinsman would be the Vice President and make them close to power. And if anything happened to Buhari, like it happened to Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, their kinsman (Osinbajo) would become President. Another section of this second group was concerned with the fact that Buhari was a member of their party, the All Progressives Congress. They just wanted the Peoples Democratic Party out and replaced with their party, the APC. Then, there was an arm of this group which saw Buhari as their idol who needed to be supported by all means.



Because the first group was driven by love for Nigeria, immediately Buhari was inaugurated as President on May 29, 2015, they started gauging his words and actions to see how they conformed to their expectations of him. Even though they were pointing out issues that were not properly handled (like the ethnic coloration of Buhari’s appointments and the long delay in the appointment of his ministers), they still believed that those were teething troubles. Some waited for six months to elapse, while others waited for one year before making up their minds about the suitability of Buhari as President.

By the end of one year, those who had expected that Buhari would be a different kind of President who would transform Nigeria began to criticise his actions and policies. Some of them were more ferocious than even Buhari’s opponents, because they had staked their reputation to support Buhari, quarrelling with their friends and family members because of that support for him, spending their funds and resources to preach to people about the need to vote in Buhari, if they wanted to see a new Nigeria where corruption would be eliminated or suppressed, where tribalism would be downgraded, insecurity eliminated, and the economy boosted. Many actions and words of Buhari made members of this first group feel taken for a ride. They saw themselves as people with poor judgement because of their support for Buhari.


Conversely, the second group – motivated by personal interests – saw things differently. Whatever Buhari did was right. A justification was always given for it. If there was no justification, the action or inaction was compared with what happened under Jonathan or Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to prove that it was nothing new. In some instances, silence was the answer – some less audacious members of this group would keep quiet and pretend not to notice that Buhari had done something below expectations or had failed to act as he had promised.

One trait of members of this second group is that anybody who is perceived to be against Buhari is branded an enemy. The person is demonised and lampooned. Even those who worked fervently to make Buhari win in 2015 are not spared. Stories are easily created to demonise these people as people who were compromised or people who changed their views about Buhari because they did not get a political appointment or a contract. The issues raised by them are sidestepped, while their personal lives and families are dug into to find something to twist to advantage and use against them.

Members of the first group see themselves as loyal to the nation, while members of the second group are loyal to Buhari, even though they still argue that they are loyal to the nation. It is members of this second group that give Buhari the assurance that Nigerians are behind him and are happy with him; therefore, he should continue with what he has been doing.

For example, the moment the news broke over the weekend that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, would be charged to the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday, January 14, 2019, the reaction of supporters of Buhari was predictable. Their argument was that nobody is above the law. It did not matter that there is a subsisting ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal that a judicial officer cannot be sent to a court for trial without passing through the National Judicial Council, which will decide if the case has merit or not. The same reaction followed the police siege on the home of Senator Dino Melaye last week.

Buhari as a person has not helped matters. He helps to fuel this division by his attitude to criticism and opposition. He sees anybody who criticises him as an enemy. Rather than focus on the issue raised, he focuses on the individual. When his wife, Aisha, complained that those who worked for Buhari’s electoral victory in 2015 were sidelined and that it would be hard for her to go back to people in 2019 and ask them to vote for her husband again, Buhari ignored all she said and told the world that her wife belonged in “the other room.” The wife of the President was perhaps lucky because of her relationship with the President. People like Mr Ayo Fayose (former Governor of Ekiti State), Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Dino Melaye, Mr Deji Adeyanju, and the rest were not that lucky.



This attitude has helped in dividing Nigeria like never before. Unlike before when Nigerians would unite after elections and tackle national issues together, the division that existed among Nigeria during the 2015 campaigns has been on throughout the almost four years of Buhari’s presidency. Early in his administration, Buhari widened that division by his comment about those who gave him 97 per cent votes and those who gave him five per cent votes.


Today, even in a discussion that has no connection with politics, someone would find a way to link your view with politics and determine if your comment about the weather shows that you support Buhari or oppose him. It is a sad omen for the nation. It needs to stop in this 2019.

https://punchng.com/two-kinds-of-buharis-supporters/

I used to belong to the first group and I dumped the Dullard by December 2015 because I knew he was going to be a disaster

What group does the Buhari media cows and zombies belong?


The operation fill my hungry stomach I guess.

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Omooba77:
Azuka Onwuka

There are two kinds of supporters that worked for the 2015 electoral victory of President Muhammadu Buhari. The first group is made up of those who supported the presidential bid of Buhari in 2015 because they genuinely wanted a better Nigeria. They were not satisfied with the administration of Dr Goodluck Jonathan, and believed that Buhari held the key to Nigeria’s transformation. They saw Buhari as a leader who would not condone corruption, nepotism, tribalism, mediocrity, wastefulness, flamboyance, and the like.


The second group supported Buhari for personal reasons. In this group were those who supported Buhari because he was their kinsman. They wanted their kinsman (or one who spoke the same language with them) to be president. For them, it was their turn to rule Nigeria. Another section of this second group supported Buhari because his running mate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, was their kinsman. The deduction was that if Buhari became the President, their kinsman would be the Vice President and make them close to power. And if anything happened to Buhari, like it happened to Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, their kinsman (Osinbajo) would become President. Another section of this second group was concerned with the fact that Buhari was a member of their party, the All Progressives Congress. They just wanted the Peoples Democratic Party out and replaced with their party, the APC. Then, there was an arm of this group which saw Buhari as their idol who needed to be supported by all means.



Because the first group was driven by love for Nigeria, immediately Buhari was inaugurated as President on May 29, 2015, they started gauging his words and actions to see how they conformed to their expectations of him. Even though they were pointing out issues that were not properly handled (like the ethnic coloration of Buhari’s appointments and the long delay in the appointment of his ministers), they still believed that those were teething troubles. Some waited for six months to elapse, while others waited for one year before making up their minds about the suitability of Buhari as President.

By the end of one year, those who had expected that Buhari would be a different kind of President who would transform Nigeria began to criticise his actions and policies. Some of them were more ferocious than even Buhari’s opponents, because they had staked their reputation to support Buhari, quarrelling with their friends and family members because of that support for him, spending their funds and resources to preach to people about the need to vote in Buhari, if they wanted to see a new Nigeria where corruption would be eliminated or suppressed, where tribalism would be downgraded, insecurity eliminated, and the economy boosted. Many actions and words of Buhari made members of this first group feel taken for a ride. They saw themselves as people with poor judgement because of their support for Buhari.


Conversely, the second group – motivated by personal interests – saw things differently. Whatever Buhari did was right. A justification was always given for it. If there was no justification, the action or inaction was compared with what happened under Jonathan or Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, to prove that it was nothing new. In some instances, silence was the answer – some less audacious members of this group would keep quiet and pretend not to notice that Buhari had done something below expectations or had failed to act as he had promised.

One trait of members of this second group is that anybody who is perceived to be against Buhari is branded an enemy. The person is demonised and lampooned. Even those who worked fervently to make Buhari win in 2015 are not spared. Stories are easily created to demonise these people as people who were compromised or people who changed their views about Buhari because they did not get a political appointment or a contract. The issues raised by them are sidestepped, while their personal lives and families are dug into to find something to twist to advantage and use against them.

Members of the first group see themselves as loyal to the nation, while members of the second group are loyal to Buhari, even though they still argue that they are loyal to the nation. It is members of this second group that give Buhari the assurance that Nigerians are behind him and are happy with him; therefore, he should continue with what he has been doing.

For example, the moment the news broke over the weekend that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, would be charged to the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday, January 14, 2019, the reaction of supporters of Buhari was predictable. Their argument was that nobody is above the law. It did not matter that there is a subsisting ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal that a judicial officer cannot be sent to a court for trial without passing through the National Judicial Council, which will decide if the case has merit or not. The same reaction followed the police siege on the home of Senator Dino Melaye last week.

Buhari as a person has not helped matters. He helps to fuel this division by his attitude to criticism and opposition. He sees anybody who criticises him as an enemy. Rather than focus on the issue raised, he focuses on the individual. When his wife, Aisha, complained that those who worked for Buhari’s electoral victory in 2015 were sidelined and that it would be hard for her to go back to people in 2019 and ask them to vote for her husband again, Buhari ignored all she said and told the world that her wife belonged in “the other room.” The wife of the President was perhaps lucky because of her relationship with the President. People like Mr Ayo Fayose (former Governor of Ekiti State), Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Dino Melaye, Mr Deji Adeyanju, and the rest were not that lucky.



This attitude has helped in dividing Nigeria like never before. Unlike before when Nigerians would unite after elections and tackle national issues together, the division that existed among Nigeria during the 2015 campaigns has been on throughout the almost four years of Buhari’s presidency. Early in his administration, Buhari widened that division by his comment about those who gave him 97 per cent votes and those who gave him five per cent votes.


Today, even in a discussion that has no connection with politics, someone would find a way to link your view with politics and determine if your comment about the weather shows that you support Buhari or oppose him. It is a sad omen for the nation. It needs to stop in this 2019.

https://punchng.com/two-kinds-of-buharis-supporters/

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olodo talk as usual.

The first group are in the millions. They are back for Buhari in even greater numbers. Why?. Because the PDP made the mistake of presenting Atiku.
You will see.
A lot of you learn slowly but PVCs will tell.

Stalwert:
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olodo talk as usual.

You are beyond redemption, may God help you sir!

Omooba77:


You are beyond redemption, may God help you sir!

Sharrap

This is the most sincere and honest article written abt PMB supporters and how they think. Criminalising the opposition isn't the way to handle opposition. Kudos to those who have seen the Light and have retracted from supporting "Mr. Integrity". Better days await Nigerians when PMB is kicked back to Daura

I rather go by the Femi Aribisala's classification;

-Buharists: ".........They largely refer to the same set of people; those whose job is to insult, disparage and malign anyone who dares criticize the president & his policies.

-1).Buharideens; "...The deens are slightly different from the maniacs.The deens are a little more sedate; but just a little. On a good day, they can be engaged.

You can reason with them, although you can never prevail in any discussion about Mr. President. Their position on the wonderments and sheer magnificence of President Buhari is unshakeable and apparently unassailable.

-2).Buharimaniacs(Buharinoids)."...However, the maniac.....are maniacal.They are attack dogs.They are bull-terriers.

They can no longer even engage in rational logical discussion about the president or his policies. Buharimaniacs are of the conviction that Nigeria is now legitimately the property of the president. The rest of us are here simply by his grace and generosity.

Say anything against the president and they will insult you to your ancestors and curse you to the third and fourth generation of your children born and unborn.

One of their favourite expressions is to tell you to go and hug a transformer because they want you dead. Barring that, they advise that you buy a ticket and leave the country.
https://www.nairaland.com/4742297/buharimaniacs-buharideens-femi-aribisala#71333034

Stalwert:
[s][/s]olodo talk as usual.

No need for this cancellation. Simply & gleefully identify which strata you belong.

Buhari will be remembered as the worst president in Nigeria history.

Buhari helps Make Exporting Easy For Businessmen

Managing Director of Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM), Abubakar Bello, at the recent Intra African Trade Fair (IATF) in Cairo, Egypt, spoke on the bank’s $1 billion MOU with Afreximbank, efforts to promote export by Nigerian companies, and its interventions to salvage moribund industries such as cocoa processing firm, Multitrex, among other issues.

Afreximbank during the IATF.

If you recall on that day, two signings were done. Ours was for $1 billion between NEXIM Bank and Afreximbank, and the other was between Afreximbank and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment for...

Follow story: https://www.icanbepresident.org/2019/01/14/how-buhari-helps-make-exporting-easy-for-businessmen-january-2019/

PythonDancer:

Sharrap

That is what Azuka is trying to say; one can still see while crying, please think deeply about this.
Lalasticlala

iPhone one legbebge

Omooba77:


That is what Azuka is trying to say; one can still see while crying, please think deeply about this.
Lalasticlala

Why are you begging me to vote for Atiku?
Wail to death!

PythonDancer:
Why are you begging me to vote for Atiku? Wail to death!

nobody is begging you.

you belong to the second group

orion7:
nobody is begging you.


you belong to the second group

So?

in future no one will say buhari is the president we never had.


he came and he failed



argue with your phone

PythonDancer:

So?

so you will follow the dullard to daura.



start washing his clothes and packing his mats

PythonDancer:

Why are you begging me to vote for Atiku?
Wail to death!

Did you ever see me begging you to vote for anybody?
You need to check your lies sir

Omooba77:

Did you ever see me begging you to vote for anybody?
You need to check your lies sir

leave him. let him keep wallowing in self deciet

Omooba77:


You are beyond redemption, may God help you sir!

another olodo talk

orion7:
leave him. let him keep wallowing in self deciet

I still wonder what drives these to continue to lie unending despite the suffering being inflicted on common man by this regime. Oga ooooo.

Stalwert:


another olodo talk

Who is olodo between us now; you seem to be a stereotype without any reasoning ability sir!

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Racoon:
No need for this cancellation. Simply & gleefully identify which strata you belong.

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Olodo 100ngn per post talk

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Omooba77:

Who is olodo between us now; you seem to be a stereotype without any reasoning ability sir!

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olodo talk

PythonDancer:

Why are you begging me to vote for Atiku?
Wail to death!

Go and sit down

Waiting for the two kind of Atiku's supporters

Stalwert:
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olodo talk as usual.

zombie spotted.
like d one above me said,operation fill my hungry stomach with peanuts
Oya take ur number.

Stalwert:
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olodo talk

Let me leave you, I guess you are a kid sir, may not be by age but by reasoning and behavior!

Azuka was former Punch editor

Iam still surprised why most Buhari supporters are aggressive; even the gentle brother and sister.