Tunsbobo:

I shake my head when i see people blabbing about how good a 70 year old brutal ex-head of state is! Its such a pity that people know little or nothing about this man. This is a man who believes in the superiority of the hausa/fulani race, and thereby sees other tribes as 'inferior'. He believes the world should be governed by sharia law(the most silly, unjust, radical and ridiculous phenomenom known to mankind). This Man is not in anyway different from coupists like obasanjo, ibb and co! He has blood on his hands!! Its a pity that nigerian electorates are all clamouring for their water-loo! You can vote for him if u so wish, its your right as a bonafide citizen of Nigeria; But know for sure that, 'Time would tell!!'

Were your folks amongst those Buhari dealt with? If ya people have been corrupt in the past, you need not fear 'cos the BB train is just as forgiving as it stands firmly against corruption.
U berra tell ya people to start packing their baggage o!

9ijaMan:

Were your folks amongst those Buhari dealt with? If ya people have been corrupt in the past, you need not fear 'cos the BB train is just as forgiving as it stands firmly against corruption.
U berra tell ya people to start packing their baggage o!

@9ijaMan

I used to wonder why you supported Buhari-bin-Laden, then I found out you are from KWARAKI state. It has been proven that prolonged slavery has detrimental effects on the brain. Please go through this forum, you will find that almost all the members from KWARAKI state have unbalanced thought processes.

Just as an aside is there any hope that you slaves in KWARAKI state will even attempt to emancipate yourselves this time?

if Buhari isn't going to encourage foriegn invesment doesn't that make him a Communist?ok what about Jonathan;that dude will continue spending Nigeria's money trying to negotiate with militant instead of providing welfare or social service for the poor and unemployed, the election does not make sense to me!

^^ Buhari has stated that he would attract foriegn investement by stamping out corruption and making streets crime free and safe.

Johndoe100:

@9ijaMan

I used to wonder why you supported Buhari-bin-Laden, then I found out you are from KWARAKI state. It has been proven that prolonged slavery has detrimental effects on the brain. Please go through this forum, you will find that almost all the members from KWARAKI state have unbalanced thought processes.

Just as an aside is there any hope that you slaves in KWARAKI state will even attempt to emancipate yourselves this time?

guy u bad o, lol

Buhari said in his 2006 interview with black tv online , that security of life and property was his priority.

His priorities are still security , but is equally to fix our electricity power problems.

^^^ what has buhari done for his local community?

Eltonluigi:

^^^ what has buhari done for his local community?

At least to date we've not heard about bombs exploding in Katsina state let alone Daura, as compared to GEJ's Otueke and Bayelsa state.

Besides Buhari is not the current president, and he's been living on his military pension since he retired. When he was in the corridors of power, he delivered more in less than 5 years as PTF chairman that PDP has delivered in 12 years.

GENBUHARI PLEASE FORGET EMPTY PROMISE , THAT IS THE KIND OF PROMISE WE GIVE TO OUR LADIES JUST TO LAY THEM TO BED AFTER THAT WHAT HAPPEN? ABEG BORN THAT YOUR BUHARI THIN. ABI HIM THINK SAY WE BE WOMAN WEY HIM GO TOAST WITH EMPTY PROMISE. I DEY LAUGH

Jan 1984

Video clip of Buhari's strong leadership and competent economic policy

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/03/AS030184006/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=92

^^ u don't have to be in power or rich b4 u can make difference in our local communities.u can't give credit to buhari on matter of peace and security,isn't that suppose to be the responsibility of govt, i'm surprised when people sing praises to govt anytime they embark on infrastructural works when it is their responsibility to provide social amenities, ,some people are just too caught-up in this rubbish system!

For me its buhari or ribadu but gej (wasteful spender)

Eltonluigi:

^^ u don't have to be in power or rich b4 u can make difference in our local communities.u can't give credit to buhari on matter of peace and security,isn't that suppose to be the responsibility of govt, i'm surprised when people sing praises to govt anytime they embark on infrastructural works when it is their responsibility to provide social amenities, ,some people are just too caught-up in this rubbish system!

Can't you see how warped your logic is? Were you not one of those asking for what Buhari had done about the Jos crisis? We gave you answers stating that the Jos crisis issue is within the purview of the government, but you disagreed, only for you to now start claiming that peace and security is supposed to be provided by the government.

In case you are not aware, GEJ has failed to provide the much needed security in his own home state let alone the country at large.
Once again, Buhari has promoted peace in his immediate environment in Duara, a feat Jonathan can never boast of!

@9ijaman i've never said or posted anything concerning security issues on jos or blame responsibility on any individual.,must have got your fact wrong! @Gen.Buhari. your continued interest on Buhari suprises me;is either u are on his campaign team,a relative or you have an ulterior motive, but i'm sorry we don't risk the future of nation with sentiments,people we only vote persons that are credible(GEJ,Buhari&Ribadu are not), Jega alone cannot promise fair election!

^^ Sentiments?  no.

I support Buhari because he has a proven anti-corruption track record.

I am an Igbo living in UK. I am not on his campaign team but would gladly join  it if allowed.

Take a look at these video news clips from Jan 1984 , when Buhari became Head of State

http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/03/AS030184006/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=92


http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/01/05/AS050184005/?s=nigeria&st=2&pn=92

Eltonluigi:

@Gen.Buhari. your continued interest on Buhari suprises me;is either u are on his campaign team,a relative or you have an ulterior motive, but i'm sorry we don't risk the future of nation with sentiments

^^ Nigeria's problem is beyond anti-corruption!

Eltonluigi:

^^ Nigeria's problem is beyond anti-corruption!

Sorry, this might hurt you, but I know this comment to be the language of those that are deep in corruption. There is still time for repentance.

I know that corruption is at the foundation of all our problem. Remove corruption and "our square pegs will be at the square hole" to start plaining or executing whatever programme that can reshape our economy, infrastructure or what have you. Remove corruption and we can sit down to discuss frankly to be able to put ethnicity and sectionality to rest.

So Madam/Sir, corruption is the problem.

[center]Arise O Compatriots[/center][b][/b]
They claim they are our messiahs; that they were sent by God to redeem us from the hardship that have become the order of our days. They say, he is God-sent because he has never contested for an election before now, yet he rose to become the head of our failing empire.

That he has never been bold enough to sell himself to us they have interpreted to be a mark of God-sent; that he lacked enough guts to define his positions, tolerating all evils for his bread to be buttered, they want us to accept as a mark of leadership bestowed on him by God.

That he refused to condemn evil when we did, that he was a willing controllable tool to a lord of the Niger Delta that found in him a dummy to occupy the deputy governor’s position, making it easier for the resources of his own people of Balyelsa state to be looted; that he also refused to join us when we fought Obasanjo in his ignoble third term ambition, and was found a willing tool to get third term through the back door, they refused to admit. They would rather prefer the lie that he is our messiah.

As the election approaches, we have witnessed so many manipulations by our messiah. The laws of his own party were breached to clear the road for him to become a contestant. Our national security is falling daily, while our messiah is concerned only with positioning his stooges in key security positions in preparation of another election rigging, as his masters did in 2003 and 2007. A generation of fine police officers was weeded out to make way for a capable probable rigging hand; reoccurrence bomb blasts have become the order of the days across the length and breadth of our nation, a new phenomena attributable to the leadership and visionary qualities of our later day messiahs. Lives that nobody will ever account for have been lost; to the international communities, our country has emerged on the watch list as a possible companion of the Iraq and Afghanistan of our time, thanks to our new lords of PDP and their visionless-ness.

Why is PDP gagging the opposition parties if they are confidence of the performances they lay claim to? Why will a party that just reviewed its target from ruling us for a continuous sixty year to 200 years find it difficult to allow the opposition parties the freedom to campaign for votes among the Nigerian people? Why will our so called messiahs want to force themselves on us against our will? Why will they also refuse the opposition parties access to public venues for rallies? Why will they shut the opposition parties out of the media?

In few days, our suffering will be over if only we can preserver. Come 9th April, the people of my generation will take back our land from the cabals that have wasted our fifty one years as a nation. We know our problems are as a result of visionless group of politicians. We know these politicians can be found among every tribe in our land. We know the corrupt politicians among the Igbo’s are as bad as those of the Hausas’; the out of touch politicians from among the Yoruba’s are as bad as those from any other tribe in Nigeria. We know our true messiah lies in a president that has the commitment to run Nigeria as one family; a president that has the sincerity to ensure an equitable distribution of the national wealth; a president that will tell us the truth at all times and not a manipulator – not a common liar.

We are also aware that PDP as a party has ran our country for the past twelve years. We have tasted the best they can offer; their best manifest in our roads with pot holes, dying homes called hospitals and PHCN that will never fulfill a promise of generating enough energy to power our electricity. We know that another oil boom was wasted by a gang of stealing politicians, from the President to the Governors, from the ministers to the commissioners of the states. We know of the stealing local government chairmen and their councilors. We know those that after few years in public offices turn to instant billionaires. We know those who prior to 1999 can hardly afford a decent accommodation but after few years in office have acquired all the choice assets across the country and beyond.

We know that whereas the Russians of the old soviet block spent their revenue from the oil boom rebuilding their failed Empire; ours only manifest in our politicians acquiring choice places in London, America and Dubai. We know they have shared the choice places in Abuja and Lagos among themselves and their cronies. We are also aware that from sharing million at their 1999 Jos convention, PDP has graduated through Ghana-must-go-politics to a dollarized convention. We know they are today dollarizing our politics, counting from the amounts of dollars allegedly changing hands. We know our dishonourable senators and reps have since abandoned us to our dying naira and have adopted dollars and pounds as their class currency.

As we approach the elections, we must mobilize both ourselves and our people to finally put to an end to these impostors that rule us. We must vote out all lying politicians. We must reject all opportunists and sycophants. For our tomorrow to be, we must refuse to be confused by messiahs that are afraid to tell us their agenda in an open televised debate. We must send liars who pretend to be working for a free and fair election and yet refuses to sign simple code of conduct for an election packing. We must know that they want to further hoodwink us into more wasted years we can hardly afford. We must punish them for their past mis-governance.

We must hand over the leadership of our land to those we can trust – those that have been truthful to us at all times. We must hand over the task of rebuilding our future to those who have proven to be true lovers of our father land; those that have been tested severally and have proven to be true honest and worthy custodians of our national pride. We must reject the stooges that have proven incapable of showing us a way out of our quagmire as a nation.

As we approach the coming election, let all true progressive recognize that never in this history of our nation have the coast been this clear for an emergence of a true radical progressive as the president of our country through a democratic election. Let all true progressives recognize the character among the contestants who has proven to be an incorruptible man of principle. Let all progressives rally round him to get him elected. Let us for once refuse to fall prey to the ever manipulative ways of reactionary conservatism. Let us avoid the old mistakes of tribal politics.

Let us all recognize the opening that awaits us, and finally put to an end the old politics of stealing and manipulations that have dominated the landscape of our nation for the past half a century. Let us recognize that God in his infinite has finally drawn the map in favour of progressive politics in our land. Let us recognize that for the first time in the history of our nation, the monolithic massive population of the North is queuing behind a progressive politician as our President, come May 2011. Let all of us join hands with them and liberate our fatherland.

Let us start off our own bloodless revolution with the power of our ballot. Let us offer Buhari a second opportunity to clean our land; to lead us towards a true Nigerian nation that will initiate the African renaissance. The Europeans had theirs hundreds of years ago, ours must begin now. It is time for the re-awakening of the Blackman and only a prosperous Nigeria can lead this.

It is our God-destined role and this we must do. This is our chance; this is our time!

Go back to your constiuencies and get you people to make the right choice.


Vote for Buhari

Eltonluigi:

@9ijaman i've never said or posted anything concerning security issues on jos or blame responsibility on any individual.,must have got your fact wrong! @Gen.Buhari. your continued interest on Buhari suprises me;is either u are on his campaign team,a relative or you have an ulterior motive, but i'm sorry we don't risk the future of nation with sentiments,people we only vote persons that are credible (GEJ,Buhari&Ribadu are not), Jega alone cannot promise fair election!

@Eltonluigi,
Kindly tell us the meaning of the word 'CREDIBLE'. Perhaps when you do that, we'll be able to understand ourselves better. Buhari is not just being referred to a "Mai Gaskiya" (the truthful one) by millions of Nigerians for nothing. While I will not claim that he is a saint, it will however do you a great deal of good to research the history of the man. To date no allegation of corruption against him has been able to stick. His strong critics, such as Wole Soyinka, have only been able to disagree with the level of punishment he meted out to those who committed various crimes when he led the nation as a military man.
It should also interest you to note that Buhari has been living on his military pension since he left power. He did not collect a single kobo as salary from the government when he chaired PTF under the Abacha government. Buhari's stance then was that he felt it was morally wrong for him to be earning double pay from the same government (i.e. military pension and salary as head of PTF). If this does not signify discipline and integrity, then I don't know what else does.

I agree with you totally that Prof. Atahiru Jega alone cannot give us a free and fair election, however, that's the more reason why we need Nigerians like you and I to cast our votes and be prepared to protect our votes to make the votes count. Jega needs the help of Nigerians to make the elections free and fair.

The elections in 1993 were wildly acclaimed to be free and fair because the then Head of State, IBB, did not participate as a candidate. Hence we had a government which was dedicated to ensuring a free and fair election and an electoral umpire that was largely unbiased. Whatever happened afterwards is now part of Nigeria's history.

Finally, I need to correct whatever impression you may have assumed about my person. I am a Nigerian living abroad who has taken his time to study the various candidates seeking to become the next president of my nation and I have come to the simple conclusion that amongst the lot we have, Buhari is by a wide margin the most credible candidate.
I have never met Buhari, neither am I his family member nor related to anyone who knows him personally. I am just an individual like you who has a stake in the Nigerian project.

^ abi oh!!

[b]Nigeria has always been a basket case. Things that are abnormal and aberrations takes place in Nigeria everyday; they are commonplace and they assume normality and are acceptable as part of our life. Having illiterate soldiers rail road the whole nation of well educated people was at one time acceptable in the mentality of Nigerians. At the sight of a demented soldier on national television Nigerians rush out to celebrate and welcome the new 'messiah' to Dodan Barrack. The people easily lap up the new soldier of fortune's promises and good intentions and will be glad that the thieves in babariga and tall caps (a la Shagari's) have been arrested and their political parties "dissolved." People will take to the streets to listen to all the new promises of what the new "fedra gonment" will do. They will lap up all the "summarily dismissed," "hearby dissolved," "summarily expelled," and nonsense like "this gonment will not tallrate any indisplin" from the very mouth of lowlifes who are the very epitome of indiscipline! Mohammudu Buhari was one of such undisciplined soldiers that forcefully terminated democratically constituted and elected governments. [/b]



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The twin towers of terror, Mohammudu Buhari and his co-traveler Tunde Idiagbon, plotted and terminated the second republic. The second republic was never a worthy venture considering the excesses and corruption of the epicureans in Alhaji Shehu Shagari and Adisa (the self-processed and heavily deluded AMA, Always Mentally Alert) Akiloye's National Party of Nigeria (NPN), but only the people have the right to terminate it through the ballot box. But Buhari has no regard for the ballot box or democratic process that engenders and enthrones democratic regimes. Like any soldier of fortune with a huge personal agenda, Buhari overthrew the government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari. He accused the civilian administration of corruption and bad governance; he called them names and came to the conclusion that they will be "summarily disciplined." On December 31, 1983, Mohammudu Buhari rolled back the hands of the nation's development and stymied the progress of Nigeria. He decided to clean up the mess left behind by the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) and restore order. But rather than dealing with the crooks, philanders, epicureans, grabbers and looters in the NPN and hold them accountable, he chose to punish only a section of the political landscape; he focused on the political opposition that controlled less than 30% of the funds at the time. Buhari arrested, detained and tried all the governors of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) while the erstwhile leaders of the NPN were left untouched and a mere handful of them kept under house arrest.

Buhari's was a selective approach to governance and justice. Not a single Hausa/Fulani man or woman was arrested, interrogated, detained, brought to trial or sent to jail during his dictatorship despite the legions of Southern non-Muslim 'infidels' he detained without trial, sentenced for flimsy reasons, or murdered by retroactive law. It was only Umaru Dikko he went after - for whatever personal reasons - among the dozens of NPN chieftains, but he kept the likes of Professor Ambrose Ali, Chief Olabisi Onabanjo, Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin and Chief Bola Ige in prison. He tried them and retried them until they were found guilty. His goal was to find them guilty and it was at all cost. For him it was better to find the 'infidels' guilty rather than trouble the 'elect.' Buhari incarcerated the UPN governors who brought development to their people and their states and rewarded NPN governors who could not account for the revenue allocations they got and the loans they borrowed with house arrests and freedom to move around! It was Buhari's Northern Agenda, an agenda soaked in his belief in a pious North and determination to deal ruthlessly with the 'infidels,' from the Christian South and its inferior Muslim population who were not Muslim enough,

The repeated imprisonment, trials and tribulations heaped on the UPN governors hastened the untimely demise of Chief Olabisi Onabanjo and Professor Ambrose Alli. Buhari lacked the conscience to care; he was least interested in the fairness of his action. All the ministers of the National Party of Nigeria and their party chieftains such as the former president Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Suleman Takuma, Adamu Ciroma, Yahaya Dikko and many others were left untouched; they were too pious and of a special Northern breed to be touched. Buhari settled for scapegoats and 'infidels' from the South to justify that he was cleaning the nation of corruption when in fact he wore a garment of greed and excesses. He showed very little respect for the law of the land. He even went a step further to backdate laws in order to ensure that three suspected drug pushers, Bartholomew Owoh, Bernard Ogedengbe and Lawal Ojuolape were found guilty by retroactive law, but then that was a drug trade that prominent Northern Nigerian businessmen were well noted for. In doing this, he insulted the civil society and drew the anger and criticism of the Nigerian media, labour unions, the Nigerian Bar Association, the National Association of Resident Doctors, and many other unions and organizations. Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti and his brother, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti suffered greatly from the inhuman actions and detentions of Buhari and his band of plunders. The three drug suspects were found guilty and murdered by retroactive law. Decree No. 20 of 1984 was not only inhuman and illegal in its composition, it was draconian and a law made by fools, because suddenly action that we acceptable and normal when taken were strangely turned into criminal actions. The Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree 4 of 1984 was Buhari's gift to the Nigerian Press and its first victims were The Guardian's Tunde Thompson and Nduka Iraboh.

Buhari did not even consider the ministers of Alhaji Shehu Shagari who broke every law, plundered the nation's resources and spent money like it was going out of fashion for any punishment. He did not come to punish the 'saints,' because the saints are too pious. His war against indiscipline (WAI) was conceived in deceit. Only the unholy will be punished for acts of indiscipline. The pious have the right to 'take,' to 'use,' and to 'remove' whatever they want, and their taking, using and removing what they want is holy and righteous before Allah. As far as Buhari was concerned only the people in the South were undisciplined since the North was and still is pure and pious. Only numskulls will hold such silly and silly believes, but Buhari was far from convinced about the superiority of his Hausa/Fulani race and the purity of Islam. For Buhari, he was right and pure and we (the people in the South) are dead. He considered himself sent by Allah to either purify them or exterminate them all.

The Emir of Gwandu was too pious and as such was at liberty to bring in his 53 suitcases. While the people importing contrabands were predominantly from the North, only the few from the South were arrested and prosecuted. Alhaji Jokolo, the current Emir of Gwandu and son of the then Emir recently said his father only brought back 12 suitcases and not 53. Jokolo, a former colonel in the Nigeria Army said it was General Buhari who instructed him to go to the airport to receive his father, the then Emir. Mustapha Jokolo acknowledged that several suitcases were taken straight from the aircraft to the State House. He said those were for the Chief of Protocol, Dahiru Waziri. They were all in the government of Mohammudu Buhari but Buhari did not put them on trial for bringing contraband goods into the country or for disobeying the law by not taking their luggage through the normal process of inspection. Even Buhari's brother was on that same entourage of the Emir of Gwandu, but all of them are neck and shoulder above the law, and the war against indiscipline does not affect them; they are above such petty laws that were made for commoners and Southerners.

General Buhari has very little education, like the rest of his khaki-wearing comrades who ruled Nigeria by force and by decrees. He attended primary school in Daura and later the Katsina Model School before attending military training at home and overseas. We can safely say that this is another cretin case with very little ability for creative, analytical and constructive thinking. Even his actions as military dictator were causes of concern for the academia, and they worry why any rational person will take those actions or follow the steps Buhari followed. A few months or a year in any military college or cadet program can never prepare any soldier for governance. Soldiers are trained to follow rules and to obey orders; never to run government, lead civilians or be seen in the civil society wearing uniform around. No military training prepare or pretend to prepare a soldier to run a local government or a state. Buhari was poorly educated and has a low intelligence quotient (IQ) to manage the affairs of the people of Katsina State and as such lack what it takes to manage the affairs of Nigeria. He forcefully imposed himself on the Nigerian people and made a terrible work of it; he caused confusion, did the economy no good and dehumanized the civil society. If he failed when he was a dictator, I do not see him succeeding in a democratic, give-and-take environment.

Buhari accepted the Abacha contraption and was one of the first few who embraced Abacha quite early and saw nothing wrong in the annulment of MKO Abiola's freely given mandate. Buhari was therefore rewarded with the chairmanship of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) by his friend, General Sani Abacha. The PTF had annual budgets that were far more than what most states of the federation received from the federal purse. The Fund began in 1996 with an initial capital of almost 60 billion naira. It was a duplication of social services and it became the bottomless pit that allowed the Northern Oligarchy to loot the national treasury once again. It was like the return of the Nigerian National Supply Company (NNSC) and contracts were flowing and doing so in abundance, but available only to the Oligarchy who will then turn around to sell the contract papers to a Southerner at huge profit. It all became a joke in Lagos about how some people procured the paper and made billions and some bought the paper and do all the work for little or nothing! Buhari's PTF built roads at federal, state and local government levels at a time when the Federal Ministry of Work lacked the funds to repair roads. PTF also procured drugs at a time when the Federal Ministry of Heath did not have the budget to provide drugs for federal hospitals. It was said that the PTF had 115.6 billion naira available to it as at December 31, 1997, funds that were never audited or properly accounted for. Like Abacha and the rest of his government, the PTF was set up to provide an opportunity to loot without any need for accountability; and corruption and indiscipline were never fought at that level. A wise former head of state would have seen that PTF was an alternative government and he would have rejected the offer to be part of it, but not Mr. Buhari. PTF brought untold opportunities and allowed him to practically rebuild Katsina, Kaduna and the rest of the north while a few projects were thrown at the Southern States.

More roads were built in each of Funtua, Gusau, Kaduna, and Sokoto than in Lagos or Oyo State. Over 70% of the Fund's allocation went into modernizing the roads in the North. For example, roads in Malali Government Reservation Area (GRA) in Kaduna were as good as you can wish for before PTF was set up, but these roads were dualized with PTF's money all the way to Durbar Hotel and beyond. Buhari's idea of Nigeria is one in which the north is superior and it must always take the lion share of everything. Unfortunately Muhammudu Buhari is the presidential candidate of Bola Tinubu, the self-professed leader of the Yoruba people. It is very obvious they have so much in common - brash, uncreative, unimaginative and false superior air. Contractors such as Chagori and Chagori (C&C) and Afri-Projects Consortium were some of the major beneficiaries of the PTF contracts. The PTF even carried out projects in Military barracks despite the fact that those projects have been provided for in the Ministry of Defence's budget. The Armed Forces PTF was allocated 20% of the PTF funds and with it came more funds to loot and no accountability. In the final analysis it was confirmed that Buhari wasted 135 billion naira of the PTF's 146 billion and all this financial abuse during the time Abacha was waging war against indiscipline and corruption (WAIC). The joke is on Abacha, Buhari and their ilk, and I am laughing out loud, really loud.

Human rights violations brought the civil society in confrontation with the twin towers of terror. Buhari and Idiagbon were ruthless and they disregarded every right, every dignity and ignored every court injunction as they inflicted untold pains on human rights organizations, newspapers, labour unions, and the community of editors, journalists, writers, reporters, and opinion leaders. The twin towers were right and we were all wrong and as such detained - kept away for as long as their lordships wanted. It has often been speculated that the reason why Buhari terminated a democratic government was to give him the opportunity to remove the documents relating to the missing Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) missing $2.8 billion. For reasons relating to the missing $2.8 billion, Buhari detained, intimidated, jailed and abused people at will. His detention camps were flung open by his successor and the whole world was shocked beyond believe that a human being will go to any extent to dehumanize other human beings for no reason at all. The unfortunate traveler and the other tower in the Buhari dictatorship, Tunde Idiagbon was no doubt the honest and decent of the two men. Idiagbon was a disciplined soldier who got into a ride with a crooked driver behind the wheels.

There is no doubt in my mind that General Mohammudu Buhari failed in every area of assessment. He lacks the temperament to tolerate democratic culture, he is poorly educated and lack the creative, analytical and strategic thinking required leading a nation like Nigeria. It is true Buhari had gunned his way into power in Nigeria before, essentially an accident of history that should never have happened. He may be qualified to lead the Caliphate but even then the days of the Caliphate have receded into the footnotes of history. Buhari was a soldier who disobeyed his commander in chief and forcefully removed an elected government from office. Besides lacking the moral authority and shared values required of a democratic leader, Buhari's antecedent as minister in the petroleum ministry where funds disappeared and later as chairman of the Petroleum Trust Funds where cases of widespread corruption and sectionalism were rampant necessarily made it imperative to disqualify this former tower of terror.

http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/babsajayi/121010.html

Abacha is 10 times better than either IBB or OBJ who are PDP godfathers

GenBuhari:

Abacha is 10 times better than either IBB or OBJ who are PDP godfathers

I am not a fan of Buhari. But I've read your posts and other Buhari supporters alike to try and make sense of the craze about him. But with your above comment, I urge you and his other supporters to re-think your candidate choice.
These rants about indiscipline does not cut it. Nigeria is not a nation of animals waiting to be flogged into order. We need a systematic solution to our problems; not a gun or whip wielding leader to make us form straight lines, set the price of commodities, and ignore human rights.
Nigeria does not need to re-live the times of Abacha. GUNS AND WHIPS are not the answer. Say not to a military style government. Say no to a brain lazy government (GEJ). To me, the most reasonable aspirant is Ribadu.

samm:

I am not a fan of Buhari.  But I've read your posts and other Buhari supporters alike to try and make sense of the craze about him.  But with your above comment, I urge you and his other supporters to re-think your candidate choice. 
These rants about indiscipline does not cut it.  Nigeria is not a nation of animals waiting to be flogged into order. We need a systematic solution to our problems;  not a gun or whip wielding leader to make us form straight lines, set the price of commodities, and ignore human rights.
Nigeria does not need to re-live the times of Abacha.  GUNS AND WHIPS are not the answer.  Say not to a military style government.  Say no to a brain lazy government (GEJ).  To me, the most reasonable aspirant is Ribadu.

How much sense can one pick from your comments? Are you saying a Buhari in civilian clothing, in a democratic dispensation will be wielding guns and whips?  You claim to be in the USA, how regularly do your colleagues at work arrive late? Ribadu would have been ok, but he's doing the exact thing most of us are blaming GEJ for, mixing with the wrong crowd. The choice of Buhari is simple, his past records and absence of godfathers speaks a lot about him. I want a president who'll hit the ground running and not a trainee president who'll be learning on the job. We've had one long year of a trainee president and we all know what the outcome is.

If Buhari had been allowed to finish his job during his 1st stint as Head of State, you probably would not be giving ur lectures from the comfort of USA.

Who gave u the idea that Buhari's government would be a military style government?

What are u talking about sef ?

samm:

I am not a fan of Buhari. But I've read your posts and other Buhari supporters alike to try and make sense of the craze about him. But with your above comment, I urge you and his other supporters to re-think your candidate choice.
These rants about indiscipline does not cut it. Nigeria is not a nation of animals waiting to be flogged into order. We need a systematic solution to our problems; not a gun or whip wielding leader to make us form straight lines, set the price of commodities, and ignore human rights.
Nigeria does not need to re-live the times of Abacha. GUNS AND WHIPS are not the answer. Say not to a military style government. Say no to a brain lazy government (GEJ). To me, the most reasonable aspirant is Ribadu.

I have a feeling that someone is artificially boosting the votes for Ribadu.

He has gained about 8 votes in one day, yet the comments on the thread does not reflect this surge of support.

Nigerians sef, we are willing to rig votes any time any way

GenBuhari:

I have a feeling that someone is artificially boosting the votes for Ribadu.

He has gainded about 8 votes in one day, yet the comments on the thread does not reflect this surge of support.

Nigerians sef, we willing to rig any time any way

It's nothing to worry about. The most important issue is that Nigerians reject GEJ and everything PDP stands for.

9ijaMan:

How much sense can one pick from your comments? Are you saying a Buhari in civilian clothing, in a democratic dispensation will be wielding guns and whips?  You claim to be in the USA, how regularly do your colleagues at work arrive late? Ribadu would have been ok, but he's doing the exact thing most of us are blaming GEJ for, mixing with the wrong crowd. The choice of Buhari is simple, his past records and absence of godfathers speaks a lot about him. I want a president who'll hit the ground running and not a trainee president who'll be learning on the job. We've had one long year of a trainee president and we all know what the outcome is.

As much sense as your response. And what do you propose that the Buhari's govt will do as far as employees coming late to work? Sentence them to long terms in jail. If you don't like Ribadu's crowd (by that I guess you mean his political party affiliation), can you let us know Buhari's? His past records of brutality is exactly what we should be careful of. We might not know who his godfathers are for now but we know he had close association with Abacha (another gross human rights violator).

What in the world is Buhari bringing to the table? Sure he can put us all in jail for indiscipline and tardiness but what else?

samm:

As much sense as your response. And what do you propose that the Buhari's govt will do as far as employees coming late to work? Sentence them to long terms in jail. If you don't like Ribadu's crowd (by that I guess you mean his political party affiliation), can you let us know Buhari's? His past records of brutality is exactly what we should be careful of. We might not know who his godfathers are for now but we know he had close association with Abacha (another gross human rights violator).

What in the world is Buhari bringing to the table? Sure he can put us all in jail for indiscipline and tardiness but what else?

If you don't get it, I'm sorry I can't help you. All I've got to say to you is, a fish starts to rotten from its head. If the head is disciplined and honest, the rest of the body will follow suit. If Nigerians are disciplined, corruption will practically disappear, and national rebirth and development will follow suit. Buhari would not necessarily whip everyone into shape, all he needs to do is make a good examples of some criminals and ensure that judiciary system is also disciplined and things will start to fall in place. I hope you now get the drift.