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Did Buhari Truncate Democracy In 1983 Because Of Igbos? by desmond2pk: 10:23am On May 29, 2020
Nigerians shall never forget the Truncation of democracy in 1983 by General buhari let coup that toppled the elected President of Alhaji Shehu Shagari.
Ironically, the same man has been rewarded with presidency under democracy which he once destroyed.
There has been a lot of historians saying that the only reaaon General Buhari and the Army came in in 1983 was to stop the Igbos whom, have come back even stronger ten years after the civil war.
The 1979 - 1983 political drama was mostly dominated by young political igbos like Dr Alex Ekwueme, who became the vice president, Dr Chuba Okadigbo, Mark Okoye who was the FCT minister at age of 28, Chief Author Nzeribe and the host of others.
The ruling NPN was projecting Dr Alex to be the next president after Alhaji Shehu Shagari before Buhari and his group stroke in January 1983.
The igbos politicians among others were treated differently by the buhari regime. It would be recalled that while Shagari was under house arrest, his vice Ekwueme was sent to prison by Buhari and idiagbon.
Since then till today, there has been like a unwritten constitution in Nigeria not to let Igbos reached the political height they were during the first and second republic.
What seems political impossibility for the igbos today were not so in second republic.
It seems, it were the military regime of General Buhari and Genera Babangida l that wrote the political constitution that religated the igbos to political abyss.
Re: Did Buhari Truncate Democracy In 1983 Because Of Igbos? by duro4chang(m): 10:31am On May 29, 2020
Here we go again.
Re: Did Buhari Truncate Democracy In 1983 Because Of Igbos? by FlordFlorez(m): 10:46am On May 29, 2020
We know that buhari's bigotry is legendary.
Re: Did Buhari Truncate Democracy In 1983 Because Of Igbos? by Nobody: 12:07pm On May 29, 2020
Actually Buhari didn't participate in the coup he was offered the role after the because the coup leader was killed in the process and non of other coup plotters fancied the job.
Re: Did Buhari Truncate Democracy In 1983 Because Of Igbos? by Ekwutox: 12:44pm On May 29, 2020
undecided una no dey tire?

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