fstranger6:

Compared to when?

jason123:

Compared to when he initially started his campaign.

PhysicsHD:

Jonathan's campaign (visits, endorsements, allies) and his non-governmental supporters cut across more ethnic groups, states, and regions, than Buhari's.

Buhari ruled Nigeria from January 1984 to August 1985, when he was toppled in a miliatry coup. He is one of Nigeria's most popular politicians and is perceived as being more democratic than most of Nigeria's leaading politicians, according to John Campbell, a former US ambassador to Nigeria

PhysicsHD:

Did Campbell actually say he was perceived as being more democratic? Or just that he was perceived as not being corrupt? Buhari is actually perceived as being authoritarian. Or is curtailing freedom of speech democratic behavior? I think the spin, whether by Campbell or by whoever wrote this write-up, is unnecessary to sell the point.

Kobojunkie:

I think that depends on the way you choose to see it. There is no denying that in the 20 months the Buhari administration was in charge, Nigerian people really got much of what they had been asking their government for, and that is some semblance of sanity, something we have not had in this country since after those short 20 months. Since Democracy is really about giving the people what they want, one could argue that we did, to an extent, get what we wanted during that brief period in our history.

[size=18pt]Do tell me if I sounded like yet another one of the coo-coo political arse kissers with that. ROLFMAO!![/size]

Kilode?!:

I wonder when John Campbell will get off Nigeria's cork.

eku_bear:

^-- A lot of assumptions you are making. Not sure that those assumptions are reasonable.

SHEAU:

we should also ask fstranger  to subtantiate with prove' Buhari wants a sharia state'

Kilode?!:

I wonder when John Campbell will get off Nigeria's cork. 

Kobojunkie:

Probably never because he was the ambassador to Nigeria and that means he probably knows more of your country still and will be considered an "expert" on issues Nigeria for a long time to come, or until the current ambassador learns enough to replace him.

My point is, the man has a right to an opinion even in this. It is safe to say that Nigerians do not themselves know how things work in their own country. Look at the wiki-leaks revelations for one -- details how foreigners seem to have their fingers on the pulse of our own government.

Kilode?!:

Yes, unfortunately we have a largely unenlightened leadership and that scares me especially when an American "expert" keeps repeating the same kind of thoughts over and over.

Call me paranoid but, the United States have an history that "smart" people like you are all to aware of, forget conspiracy theories, I'm simply speaking of information released out of declassified US documents about America's roles in the disintegration of lesser nations. I fear for my country.

Unfortunately, You are mostly right about us. The leadership deficiency we suffer in Nigeria plus the ignorance of our people will probably do us more harm than anything Imperial USA can do.

Still, I'm wary of American foreign policy experts, Campbell is an expert all right. But He's also a career US foreign service pointman, interested in protecting his countries interests and propagating her worldview, I honestly cannot fault that. I can't. I will do the same if I were in his shoes. I just hope our decision makers and stakeholders realize that fact when they take his advice and read his analysis.

That was why I said: I can't wait for John Campbell to get off Nigeria's cork.

Kobojunkie:


All he said was that Buhari(possibly he admires the man on some level) is likely to win if we have a free and fair election next year. Nothing really of those we have in leadership now, except the part about free and fair elections.

seanet02:

@dede1, men you always dispt me and any other reasonable person here, buhari is the most credible man for the post. Or you will buy a ticket for uzor kalu with all he turned abia to

fstranger6 [/b:
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^^^POC: He is not an expert on Nigeria

And he will never be.

Stop acting like white people own us