January 21, 2019Press Release
Hosting his former staff who worked with him during his tenure as military head of state (January 1984-August 1985) on Sunday night at the State House, Abuja, the President added that recourse to the smokescreen of religion and ethnicity “is just corruption, pure and simple.”

To justify his thesis, President Buhari went down memory lane, drawing lessons from his electoral battles at the courts in 2003, 2007, and 2011, where those who ruled against him were Muslims from the North, but those who defended him were Christians from the South. His words:

“I was recently forced to talk to somebody I respect a lot about Nigeria. I said in 2003, when I started out, complaints about presidential election used to start from the Court of Appeal. The president of the court then was my classmate in secondary school for six years. Himself, myself and Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, were classmates. My lawyer, Mike Ahamba, was Roman Catholic and an Ibo man. My first witness was in the box. Ahamba said he needed the register of voters in certain constituencies and states to prove that votes were just allocated, and not true reflection of what existed in the constituencies. He asked them to record his request and sign. They did so.

“When they came to give judgment later, the matter was not mentioned at all. In the panel was another Roman Catholic and Ibo, who raised his hand and said, this is what Buhari’s lawyer had said. Did we write to those constituencies and states to submit the register? If so, why is it not in the judgment? They just shut him up. He had to write a minority judgment. Of course, he’s now our Ambassador in United States of America.

“I petitioned the Supreme Court. Who was the Chief Justice? A Muslim, probably a Fulani, from Zaria. After 27 months, we went. Ahamba addressed the court for 2 hours and 45 minutes. They went in, came out after about 45 minutes, and said they were proceeding on vacation the next day. They were away for three months, making it 30 months in all. When they came back, they dismissed the case within 45 minutes.

“In 2007, they repeated the same thing. Who was the Chief Justice? A northerner and Muslim. After 18 months, they dismissed the case.

“The third time, who was CJ? A Muslim, Fulani man from Jigawa. After 8 months, he dismissed the case. This bloody nonsense about Nigeria on ethnicity and religion is just corruption, pure and simple. Wherever we find ourselves, let’s pray to God that we maintain our faith. That’s all we have.

“I try to do my best, and pray to God to help me. May God Almighty give us the ways and means to continue to do our best for the country. Whatever religion we follow, let’s do it seriously, as finally, we would appear before God. Whether we believe it or not, it will happen. So, we better continue to behave ourselves.”

President Buhari described the reunion and interactive meeting as an “emotional one” for him, as he had not seen some of the people since 1985, when the military regime he headed was toppled.

Commending his former Aide-de-Camp, Alhaji Mustapha Jokolo, who used his initiative to put the parley together, the President equally commended his former Number 2 man, Major General Tunde Idiagbon (now deceased), whom he said, showed uncommon loyalty and courage. His words:

“He was in Saudi Arabia, performing the hajj, when we were removed. The Saudi king said the coup was not just against us, but also against him, since Idiagbon was praying with him.

“He asked him to send for his family to join him in Saudi until it was clear where I was. Idiagbon said no, I want to go back, Your Majesty. If they kill him, let them kill me also.

“He joined the next flight and came back. I think there’s no way you can describe such loyalty, such courage. May his soul rest in perfect peace.”

Alhaji Jokolo said though the departure of the former staff from government was “unexpected and disappointing, if not regrettable,” the affected people recall the ugly experiences today, “not with bitterness because individually, they had since moved on with their lives, though painfully aware that they were victims of misplaced aggression.”

He added: “The fact that among us today are highly respected Royal Fathers, businessmen, captains of industry, lawyers and other specialists in the professions, and a university professor, speaks volumes that God is good and that values of discipline and perseverance that we imbibed under Your Excellency’s tutelage had not been in vain.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/306886-how-fellow-muslims-opposed-me-while-christians-stood-by-me-buhari.html

But you have your appointments full of the same people you said abandoned you and the people that stood by you are now 5%. What a horrible man you are.

Mind game

Who is spelling Igbo as 'ibo'. Buhari I hope you are doing some packing by now.

Cheap propaganda. ..

If not why do you consider majority christians 5%ers?

Don't be dauraphobic, you are going back to daura. Insha Allah!

Very stupid idiotic man for saying this rubbish.
GEJ had kayode as his private lawyer but when he got power he quickly made him his AGF in place of oandokaah in 2010.
When buhari was struggling upandan he maintained ahamba all through as he himself claimed. Buy when he got power he quickly showed his true colour as an hypocrite then started giving his fulani Muslims brothers and cousins all available appointment and called Ahamba 5%.

Today now wetin ahamba gain from Buhari? Nothing.

Again all those dancing upandan shamelessly now for Buhari 2019 are all Christians .but if he rigged himself to power now he will start employing fulanis Muslims all over and dump the bastards that think a lizard is a baby crocodile. Yeyeman

atiku4President:
But you have yoir appoontments full of the same people you said abandoned you and the people that stood by you are now 5%. What a horrible man you are.

Mind games to confuse the sarrkis of nairaland..But we cant all be sarrkis and barbequesellers, Nigerians are wise than this..

IbrahimDamola:
Cheap propaganda. ..

If not why do you consider majority christians 5%ers?

Don't be dauraphobic, you are going back to daura. Insha Allah!

You provided 5% votes and you got 5% appointments. The Christians who gave him their votes got their due. That's common sense Mr 5%

GarriKoro:
You provide 5% votes, you get 5% appointments. The Christians who gave him their votes got their due. That's common sense Mr 5%

Lol

Randy100:
Who is spelling Igbo as 'ibo'. Buhari I hope you are doing some packing by now.

Ibo is the proper English language spelling of 'igbo'. All references to that ethnic group by the English colonial masters spelt it like that. I for one always spell it as Ibo

Mr president from your experience so far about those who ruled against you were Muslims from the North, but those who defended him were Christians from the South.

How did you pay them back?

Whatsoever you do Nigerians will speak for you whether bad or good

GarriKoro:
Ibo is the proper English language spelling of 'igbo'. All references to that ethnic group by the English colonial masters spelt it like that. I for one always spell it as Ibo

which one is proper English language spelling of Igbo. If the colonian master is spelling it wrong does it make it correct. So stop spelling it wrong.

Randy100:
which one is proper English language spelling of Igbo. If the colonian master is spelling it wrong does it make it correct. So stop spelling it wrong.

We're exchanging messages in English right now aren't we? Even the English dictionary spells your tribe as 'IBO'. Why does a simple spelling offend you?

Yet you massacred, 19820 in MB in 3 years using your personal army herdsmen

GarriKoro:
We're exchanging messages in English right now aren't we? Even the English dictionary spells your tribe as 'IBO'. Why does a simple spelling offend you?

Igbo is not an English word and it is a name of a tribe. Names are not meant to be tampered. If I misspel your name, how would you react. I rushed and checked my Oxford dictionary and it was confirmed that you are being mischievous. I saw Igbo then in bracket they wrote "also ibo" which is error in spelling. I am not offended, I am trying to tell you the correct thing.

Randy100:
Igbo is not an English word and it is a name of a tribe. Names are not meant to be tampered. If I misspel your name, how would you react. I rushed and checked my Oxford dictionary and it was confirmed that you are being mischievous. I saw Igbo then in bracket they wrote "also ibo" which is error in spelling. I am not offended, I am trying to tell you the correct thing.

Bros which is easier to spell? 'Igbo' or 'Ibo'? I can't see why you ibos get offended simply because one single alphabet is missing from the spelling of your tribe. If you miss the same about mine, I'll just laugh at you and go to sleep

GarriKoro:
Bros which is easier to spell? 'Igbo' or 'Ibo'? I can't see why you ibos get offended simply because one single alphabet is missing from the spelling of your tribe. If you miss the same about mine, I'll just laugh at you and go to sleep

they both means "slave" in different languages

Binikingdowm:
they both means "slave" in different languages

I doubt it

Meanwhile the same Buhari have never hidden his disdain for religions, ethnic or political intolerance for Christians via:
-Heavily populating his military govt in 1983-85 and even now with core hausa-fulani Muslims with total disregard for the constitutional provision for federal character.

"The pertinent questions Nigerians are asking are: how come Boko Haram still had the kind of audacity displayed in that attack on Nigerian soldiers when the presidency and the military top brass had earlier told us that the terrorist organisation had been “technically defeated”?

"When Buhari appointed a majority of the service chiefs from a particular region and religion, he and his supporters defended it and claimed that even if all his appointees come from one region and religion in a multicultural, multi-religious and multiethnic nation like Nigeria, it means nothing as long as they are competent.Today, nothing exposes the shallowness and puerility of such appointments."

Nepotism is the worst form of corruption. It is the mother of all corruption. That was probably why the framers of our constitution stood firmly against it, by enshrining the most-maligned Federal Character provisions at both Federal and State levels. By the time we lift the lid off the other federal agencies populated by the President’s kinsmen, townsmen and clansmen; more stench is likely to come out.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/nepotism-mother-corruption/amp/

-WHY NIGERIANS SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT PRESIDENT BUHARI (Short Story )
1. AS we prepare for the general elections in few weeks time , i want to take my igbo brothers back to little piece of history. As we prepare to go to the polls i would like to reflect on an event that happened in
1985.

2. IN 1983 the Secretary general of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) DR Edem Kodjo of Togo stepped down prematurely and he was replaced by an alumni of UNN An Igbo man called DR PETER ONU as acting Secretary general.

3. Dr peter Onu was a Nigerian diplomat/philanthropist. He served as an ambassador to Germany.He was a very brilliant man who was well respected and became friends to the legendary Dr Julius Mwalimu Nyerere of Tanzania

4. In 1985 it was time for an official secretary general of the OAU and most African leaders who were very confident in Dr Peter Onu leadership wanted to vote him to become the secretary General Of OAU. What happened Next was very shocking to most African leaders

6.What happened was captured in Ibrahim Daggash book called OAU: Fictions and fact.The book reads

@ I remember in 1985 at African Hall we were campaigning for Dr Peter Onu of Nigeria to be Made the OAU Secretary general.We learnt that the Head of State of Nigeria General M. Buhari was supporting another candidate IDI OMARO from Niger republic

7. We were shocked so we mobilized a team to meet with him, The team was lead by the very popular Julius Nyerere from Tanzania and other African leaders.

8. When we approached him Julius Nyerere begged him: “Please give us Peter Onu from your country!’ Gen Buhari refused and even got very annoyed with us . What was surprising was that , when the result emerged and the winner was Niger’s Candidate IDI OMARO a Muslim .

General Buhari rejoiced to such a degree that he was unable to control his emotions. That was a moment I witnessed and was convinced that General Buhari would not last long as a leader.”

9. With that single act General Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria became the only president in History to vote against his own country.He couldn't bear the thought of an Igbo man heading the OAU so he voted for Niger republic instead

10Never in the History of Nigeria have we ever had a President that showed Openly his disdain for Ndigbo and what they stand for.If any Igbo man tells you 4+4. Show them this article

COMR. PRINCE EGBO CHINAGOROM FRANKLIN
HISTORY IS ONE OF THE KEY TO BETTER the zoo called NIGERIA.

Buhari only need Christian stooges like spare tyre-VP Osinbajo, Rotimi Amaechi, Laurreta Onochie, Femi Adeshina, Okon Abang, Ngige, Ogbonnaya Onu etc who will do the dirty works for him & act as cannon folder

GarriKoro:
Bros which is easier to spell? 'Igbo' or 'Ibo'? I can't see why you ibos get offended simply because one single alphabet is missing from the spelling of your tribe. If you miss the same about mine, I'll just laugh at you and go to sleep

That is you, not everybody will laugh and sleep when you misspell their name. I don't care about which one is easier to spell just spell it correctly and stop missing that precious 'g.' when you miss that "g" the pronunciation changes. Obrigado

TooMuchStuff:
Very stupid idiotic man for saying this rubbish.
GEJ had kayode as his private lawyer but when he got power he quickly made him his AGF in place of oandokaah in 2010.
When buhari was struggling upandan he maintained ahamba all through as he himself claimed. Buy when he got power he quickly showed his true colour as an hypocrite then started giving his fulani Muslims brothers and cousins all available appointment and called Ahamba 5%.

Today now wetin ahamba gain from Buhari? Nothing.

Again all those dancing upandan shamelessly now for Buhari 2019 are all Christians .but if he rigged himself to power now he will start employing fulanis Muslims all over and dump the bastards that think a lizard is a baby crocodile. Yeyeman

Spot on
Needless to say more

Who ever told Buhari he won those elections is a liar

Nonsense

It is true. I have done my personal research about the origin of the name.
The name most likely originated from 'Igbo' which is the Yoruba word for Forest.

In the early stages, the Yorubas refers to the people who live in deep forests east of Bini Kingdom as 'Peoples of the Forests' and the Bini probably popularized the term by haunting for slaves from these peoples so that with time, Igbo became synonymous with slaves.












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