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See below extract from ACT that set up Code of Conduct Bureau:

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDING
(1) The rules of procedure to be adopted in any prosecution for the offences under this Act before the Tribunal, and the forms to be used in such prosecutions shall be, as set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.

[Third Schedule]

(2) Prosecutions for all offences referred to in this Act shall be instituted in the name of the Federal Republic Nigeria by the Attorney-General of the Federation or such officers in the Federal Ministry of Justice as the Attorney-General of the Federation may authorized so to do,

(3) For the purpose of this section, the Attorney-General of the Federation may - after consultation with the Attorney General of any State in the Federation, authorize any officer of the Ministry of Justice or the State concerned to undertake any such prosecutions directly or assist therein; or

If the Tribunal so requests, or if contingencies so dictate authorize any other legal practitioner in Nigeria to undertake any such prosecution or
assist therein:
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Provided that the question whether any authority has been given in pursuance of this subsection shall not be inquired into by any person.

(4) Any person accused of any offence referred to in this Act shall he entitled to defend himself in person or by a person of his own choice, who is a legal practitioner resident in Nigeria,

But why is Saraki bent on frustrating Buhari moves against fighting corruption

Senate President Bukola Saraki Hired Uboh, Convicted Credit Card Fraudster, To Smear EFCC

An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed that embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, engineered a petition to the Senate by a convicted criminal, George Uboh, alleging that the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had embezzled more than N1 trillion in assets seized in corruption cases.
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An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed that embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki, engineered a petition to the Senate by a convicted criminal, George Uboh, alleging that the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had embezzled more than N1 trillion in assets seized in corruption cases. Nigeria's Senate President, Bukola Saraki

Sources at the EFCC, Senate and in the UK claimed that Mr. Saraki encouraged Mr. Uboh to submit a petition to the Senate blackmailing the anti-corruption agency after the senator learned on a recent trip to the United Kingdom that the EFCC had contacted the London Metropolitan police to assist in a widened money laundering investigation targeting the senator.

A US court once convicted Mr. Uboh, an older brother of a former member of the House of Representatives, Doris Uboh, for engaging in credit card fraud. US authorities had also indicted him for dealing in narcotics, but the narcotics charges were later dropped.

In 1992, U.S. law enforcement agents carried out a major raid on a credit card and bank fraud ring led by George Uboh in Georgia. US prosecutors identified Mr. Uboh as the ringleader of the syndicate. Doris Uboh’s names appeared as number 7 on the indictment list, and she was charged on four counts of felony charges. She fled the US to Nigeria, later manipulating her way into the House of Reps.

The case against the Ubohs and their co-conspirers was assigned docket number 92-cr-00041-GET-JRS and was listed as USA v. Uboh et al. The Uboh siblings and 27 others were charged with varying degrees of felonious fraud.

The case wound through US courts from 1992 to 1998. Though the U.S. government issued a motion to dismiss the charges with regard to Doris and others in 1998, the case was re-opened in 1999. However, by that time Ms. Uboh had fled the U.S. Her flight led U.S. prosecutors to declare her a “fugitive.”

Mr. Saraki, who in June became the Senate president after striking a deal with the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has long been a suspect in money laundering crimes dating to the infamous looting of funds from Societe Generale Bank, a bank in which his family had controlling shares. EFCC agents had also accused Mr. Saraki of engaging in a systematic embezzlement of public funds during the two terms he was governor of Kwara State.

After the end of his governorship tenure, the Senate president was accused by the Nigerian police Anti-Fraud unit of defrauding banks of billions of naira through fraudulent loans and other schemes involving his business interests.

The EFCC recently quizzed Mr. Saraki’s wife, Toyin Saraki, for two days. Following the extensive interrogation, the EFCC sought the cooperation of the London Metropolitan police to widen its investigation.

“The bulk of money involved in our investigation [of Mrs. Saraki] was laundered using credit cards and with the purchase of properties in the UK,” an EFCC agent said.

In 2007, as Mr. Saraki and a host of former governors faced investigation by the then Nuhu Ribadu-led EFCC, Mr. Saraki and former Governor James Ibori of Delta State connived with then Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, to remove Mr. Ribadu from his post. With their nemesis, Ribadu, elbowed out, Mr. Saraki and Mr. Ibori prevailed then President Umaru Yar’Adua to hire their lackey, Farida Waziri, to head the anti-corruption agency. An EFCC source told SaharaReporters that Mr. Saraki also persuaded Mrs. Waziri to employ several police officers close to him at the EFCC. The officers pushed by the senator included, Abdulkadiri Jimoh, a police officer very close to him.

A Senate source told SaharaReporters that Mr. Saraki was furious when the EFCC leadership refused to honor a summons he sent out to various agencies. The EFCC had declined to attend the questionable meeting on the strength of advice by their lawyers that Mr. Saraki did not have the constitutional right to summon the agency in the guise of a “courtesy call.”

Shortly after the EFCC publicly spurned Mr. Saraki’s summons, the agency invited his wife for what one agent described as “two days of grueling interrogation.” Mrs. Saraki had arrived at the EFCC with a horde of serving lawmakers and other backers led by Dino Melaye who claimed that he was present as a “private investigator”.

SaharaReporters learned that Mr. Uboh’s so-called petition against the EFCC was routed through Peter Nwaoboshi, a first-term senator from Delta State. “It was sent through Senator Nwaoboshi in order to give the impression that the Senate president had no hand in it,” a source at the Senate told SaharaReporters.

Our sources said Mr. Uboh’s spurious petition was part of Senator Saraki’s broad agenda to undermine the EFCC and bring the agency to its knees. “The whole plan is to checkmate us so that we won’t be able to finish the investigation of his wife and to possibly charge her,” said an EFCC source.

One senator told SaharaReporters that Mr. Uboh’s petition, already scheduled for hearing, was not routed through the normal channels at the Senate. “They just sneaked the thing in the petition through the backdoor when the entire Senate was on vacation,” the senator said.

Saraki’s plan to probe the EFCC is being tested for the second time in the last two months as an earlier attempt failed during a plenary session recently. The EFCC as a statutory agency of the Nigerian government is due to present an annual report to the Senate in September 2015.

hensben:
Love is my tribe n religion


Check my signature.

Yeah me too.

But what make manuka honey better than raw original honey?

We need to wise up Nna. All these our so called leader are actually using us to actualize their selfish purpose i tell. as the chips are down now, its we the commonners that sees ourself now. be it Igbo or Yoruba or even Hausa guys. We shud stop following them all in the name of ethic fight. If Nigeria can be good to a level of our desire with equity and justice, Biafra we hv bin yearning for might not even be needed again my brodas because all me and u need is to live a good and comfortable life.

''NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH''
ON THE OBA OF LAGOS THREAT TO IGBOS IN LAGOS.

I think we the igbo's have got a real big problem, we are ranting here and there about the recent threat credited to the Oba of lagos, it seems we haven't learnt any lesson yet. Our igbo leaders have sold out that region to the PDP just because of greed and sending the region to political extinction. Now let us reason together, the Oba of Lagos is not a politician and secondly he never supported the candidacy of Buhari, which he made it open when Goodluck visited him before the March 28 poll, he went to the extent of raining insults on former president OBJ, now he is coming out to create another confusion by his comment, have we sat down to ask ourselves maybe he might be working for the PDP? Because they know the igbo factor in the lagos election, and igbo man can be use to do dirty work, once you grease the palm of an Igbo man, he can sell his dignity. Why are we not seeing the big picture here? Why do we always throw away our golden opportunities to develop the igbo people? Why do we make ourselves to be seen as a betrayer? Lagos under the leadership of Tinubu and Fashola has recognized the Igbo in lagos and have been generous to the igbo even to the extent of appointing igbo's into their administration and allocating juicy positions, it only in Lagos that an Igbo man has been appointed commissioner for budget and planning, it only in Lagos that igbo has been elected local government chairman, other non Igbo states has never done that, yet we allow ourselves to be used against an administration that has been so generous to us. I think we should be ashamed of ourselves because we have a very big issue, during the fourth republic, the Igbo had the senate president and we killed ourselves, we masterminded the impeachment of our fellow brother because of position, it is only the igbo turn that we had 3 senate president in four years, we are the same people who witch hunt down our own blood brothers because of greed, Buhari floated CPC and won some states in the north and today all those governors are still with him up to date, tinubu created ACN and won all 4 states in the west and today they are still with him, Orji Uzo Kalu formed PPA, won abia and Imo, but what happened? They went back to that same PDP that sent them out. You are destroying yourselves, making yourselves inferior to other region, becoming a follower because you have refuse to have a leader as a result of lack of trust in each other, we know Buhari, Babagida, Atiku etc as current leader in the north, we know Tinubu, obasanjo, in the south west, we know Edwin Clark, Anenih, in the south south, who is our own leader in the south east? Ojukwu, who risk his career, life and family for the Igbo nation created APGA and yet he cannot lay claim to the whole of igbo state, this is a shame on us and the worst of it is that, they have sold out that legacy after his demise, former governor Peter Obi is a betrayer, he dumped a platform that gave him 8 years in office, and became a follower, I can still align with rochas, he collapsed his APGA in forming APC, he can be adjudged as a founding member of that party unlike Peter Obi who joined an already existing platform, Theodore Orji can be described as the worst governor in the southeast yet he has the mandate to represent in the senate, Stella oduah has corruption charges hanging on her neck yet she got an heroic welcome in her state and was given the mandate to senate, we openly celebrate criminality and yet we want to be accorded respect, in my own view I think the Oba was even kind, he should have said igbos will be delivered to shekau to deal with them or even put them in a container and bombed. What were you thinking? You think just as you have deprived yourselves an association with the federal government, so they will allow you to make their state loose same too, no way! They want development, lagos has recorded so much progress in the last 16 years without much federal empowerment, have you though how much more progress it will have with the federal might? I pity you and your investments in Lagos. You said you want independent. I laugh, because have always asked where are the leaders that will govern us? Nwazurike formed MASSOB, today you said Jonathan has bought him over, hundreds of MASSOB members are in jail today, they have been denied bail but non of the Niger delta militant were jailed rather the collect billions of naira and they are sent abroad, yet you voted and cast ur support on Jonathan, I was told that it was the south south that betrayed Ojukwu during the war and he lost, thousands of Igbo died, yet you all shout GEJ till 2019, well thank God it didn't come through, because we are daft, he changed his name to Ebele Azikwe and we followed and say he is our brother. APC has come out to tell you to ignore the Oba, Tinubu has come out to do same, he went ahead to asked if the government have not been paying the school fees of igbo children in public schools, 4 igbo children has been given opportunity to become governor in a day in Lagos thru the spelling bee contest, they have enjoyed scholarship to study abroad in Lagos, yet we still shout everyday that the Oba threatened, why didn't ur so called Eze's protest at the meeting? The clapped for him because they are bunch of cowards. Well for me, an Igbo boy, born and breed in Lagos, I am appreciative of that state and will support it. Eko o ni baje.

My people, let us shun ethinicity and religion dicotomy and give these people the fight for our freedom.We shud not be divided for them as they all have common goal and interest. Let support what they dont want (Buhari) to liberate ourself from their bondage. none of this cabal worth our fight to each other,

Sahara reporters or not. 8 out of 10 news/rumour from them has turned to be true though

PDP, GEJ and others problem is not for them to loose the election but for Buhari not to be president because of been probed of their shady deals all these while. Anyone can be next president but not Buhari. that is what Gej and his aides are saying. imagine IBB saying he ill leave Nigeria the moment Buhari wins.
Bros and Sisters, please let make it ork for buhari so that we will be off control of this canibals in human skin.

How Jonathan, IBB, Are Plotting Interim Govt Instead Of Presidential Polls. David Mark, Gusau, Abdusalami, are the top contenders to head the Interim Government. Former Lagos Governor Tinubu rejects offer of Interim Government Vice-Presidency by Empowered Newswire, New York Mar 03, 2015. President Goodluck Jonathan More details are emerging on the plot to install an undemocratic Interim National Government (ING) and pre-empt Nigeria’s presidential election scheduled for later this month. Informed sources disclosed over the weekend that a key element in the plot is the need to forestall a Buhari presidency, for which reason the schemers of the plot have tried to woo the former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, now a chieftain of the opposing All Progressives Congress (APC) with the offer of being the Vice President in the interim structure. Even though there are now major obstacles to the plan, it is yet unclear if the schemers have completely set the idea aside. If Tinubu accepts, then he will be expected to rally the South-West, while IBB would rally the North, and Jonathan the South-East and South-South to accept the idea of an interim administration. They will use the excuse that the present times are not good to hold elections in the country, especially because of what David Mark had already called a state of war with Boko Haram. But it was Tinubu’s rejection of any form of compromise that now appears to be the greatest obstacle to the ING plot. Sources say this explains the recent outburst of Femi Fani-Kayode, the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign spokesperson alleging that the former Lagos State Governor intends to take over presidential power after the generally-awaited victory of the Buhari-Osinbajo campaign at the polls. Fani-Kayode wildly alleged that Tinubu has entered into an oath to compel Osinbajo to relinquish the office of VP to him after the election, an allegation and scenario that watchers of the Nigerian polity simply dismiss as both untenable and unrealistic. Investigations spanning over one week by Empowered Newswire on the interim government plot revealed that the two major schemers in the plot are the President himself, Dr. Jonathan, and former Military president Ibrahim Babangida, IBB as he is popularly known, has told close aides that he would have to leave Nigeria the day Buhari is declared winner of the presidential election, a prospect he is working hard to avoid by all means. Jonathan is also said to be under intense pressure to negotiate a soft landing for from power since handing over to Buhari would likely expose the intense corruption that he and the Petroleum Minister Diezani Maduekwe, among others, have perpetrated. In fact the oil minister is said to be one of the hardest protagonists of a soft landing for the Jonathan presidency, mortally afraid of what a Buhari-Osinbajo ascendancy could mean for her. Knowledgeable Empowered Newswire sources confirm that IBB held two meetings with Tinubu to discuss the issue of the Interim National Government. The first was held in Lagos before the Council of State meeting the week before the February 14 elections were postponed. The second took place in Abuja home of IBB’s son on the night of the said Council of State meeting. The sources said that for the first meeting, IBB told Tinubu he had a wedding in Lagos and would like to use that opportunity to greet the former Lagos State Governor. Arriving with his son, he told Tinubu about the need to proceed with an interim government and forget about the election. Tinubu, who was shocked at the proposition, reportedly told IBB to forget the idea. But on the night after the Council of State meeting in Abuja which considered the subject of the readiness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the election, IBB again invited Tinubu to his son’s house in Abuja. At that meeting, former Head of State General Abdusalami was also present, and to the utter shock and annoyance of the former Lagos State Governor, President Jonathan showed up in a two-car convoy in the thick of the night. It was at that meeting that IBB and Jonathan promised Tinubu the slot of the Vice President in the Interim government. The sources say Tinubu promptly repeated his rejection of the idea, insisting that the elections are the best and only viable option to choose Nigeria’s next president and vice president. The interim government plan includes the cancellation of the elections and the imposition of a well-known Northerner as the head of the administration, with Tinubu as VP. The interim government will be put in place for two years, following which new elections would be conducted, with the definite exclusion of Buhari. Another source revealed to Empowered Newswire that some of the names that have been mentioned as possible heads of the interim government include David Mark, the president of the Senate; General Aliyu Gusau, the current Defence Minister who has always wished to be president “even if for a day”; and Abdusalami Abubakar, also a former head of state. All three are known allies of IBB. But the name of former president Olusegun Obasanjo was also thrown into the picture when a formal statement from the presidency signed by Dr. Ruben Abati said Obasanjo himself wanted to be head of the Interim govt. Observers say that formal statement by the president’s spokesperson is the best confirmation that indeed interim government plot is real. Said one source, “If the presidency is saying they know that Obasanjo wanted to be the head of the Interim government, that means the presidency is not only aware of such plans, but is also involved in such a plot.”There had been previous attempts including monetary and other juicy offers to get Tinubu to prevent the emergence of Buhari in the primaries, and after that, to have Tinubu dump Buhari and enter into a deal with Jonathan to frustrate the potential emergence of Buhari as winner of the presidential polls. Sources believe that the recent wild allegation from the Jonathan camp that Tinubu was planning to force Osinbajo to relinquish the office of VP after being sworn-in is merely an outcome of the frustration generated first by Tinubu’s insistence that the elections must go on; his rejection of the offer from Jonathan to be VP of an Interim government for two years; and finally his insistence never to dump Buhari. It is believed that Prof Osinbajo, Buhari’s running mate, has actually never been asked to sign any undertaking or oath of any kind and that he accepted the party and Buhari’s offer to be VP unconditionally. Both he and the APC also over the weekend formally denied any such arrangements. In the absence of a key figure in the South-West to support and sell the idea of an Interim government, sources said options left on the table is to ensure the elections are “decently rigged” in favor of Jonathan or a crisis precipitated that will lead to Jonathan handing over power to David Mark as the Senate President, as was the case in the First Republic when power devolved to Senator Nwafor Orizu in the absence of the then President Nnamdi Azikiwe. In that scenario, in 1966, the elected civilian leaders had to voluntarily hand over power to the military. Speculations, backed by a comment by the Supervising Minister of Information Edem Duke, are rife that the INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, may be asked to proceed on terminal leave sometime this month in line with civil service rules. This option, sources say, would boost the plan to “decently rig the election” in the incumbent president’s favor. But several legal opinions have been articulated that not only will such a move by the federal government to remove Jega be unconstitutional, it would also rubbish the credibility of the entire electoral process and will result in a definite tailspin into national and international crisis. Interested in Advertising? Sponsored Ad Empowered Newswire, New York #NigeriaDecidesCorruptionPolitics News You may also like.

“Fellow Nigerians, People accuse me of many things. But one thing they never accuse me of is corruption. They never accuse me of mediocrity, or of lying. People accuse me of many things. I have led this country and I have a record. We were not perfect, but we were effective; we solved problems, and we made Nigerians proud. In our government, we fought corruption, we stabilized the Naira, and we shut down insurgency. We shouldn’t forget so soon that there was the Maitatsine ravaging the North east and we dealt with it. We also overran the Chadian rebels. We rebuilt industries, Nigerians queued up and treated each other with respect; Nigerians took pride in our reputation for discipline. The world admired us. We were proud to be Nigerians. However, because they can’t attack our record, they accuse me falsely of ethnic jingoism; they accuse me falsely of religious fundamentalism. Because they cannot attack our record, they accuse us falsely of calling for election violence – when we have only insisted on peace. Even as Head of State, we never imposed Shariah. All my running mates have been either Igbo or Yoruba and are always devout Christian of indisputable repute. I have and will continue to condemn those who burn God’s places of worship, be they churches or mosques and wish God’s judgment upon them. As your President, their punishment won’t stop there, we will also ensure Boko Haram and other such elements, are found, are arrested and face the full wrath of the law as punishment for their crimes against our country. My dear friends, this is very important to note: It doesn’t matter if you are Igbo,Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Idoma, Efik, Ekwere, Urhobo, Igala and, no, it does not matter if you are Christian, Muslim,animist or atheist: we need a new direction under a new leadership. The task ahead will be challenging and daunting, but it is surmountable. This is what leadership is about. My only desire is to prove to you that Nigeria can truly work. Allow me prove to you that in your lifetime, you can be proud of this country. Let me make you this promise today: We will protect your children. We will protect your wealth. We will make this country work again. This is why I am running for the office of the president of Nigeria. This is my promise.” – Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR).

Member of the Federal house of Representative (Former) decided to investigate why Muhammadu Buhari couldn’t afford APC nomination form because he read online the question a lady asked.

He went to the ministry of Finance where he disclosed that all former Presidents and Head of states actually get 23million naira monthly.

According to Melaye, Buhari wrote a letter to the Minister of Finance to pay him 10% of N23m former Presidents and Head of States do take as salary. So Buhari monthly payment is N2.3m instead of N23m.

Here is his message:

“I read online the question a lady asked. The question is how can Buhari who earns over 300million naira yearly claim that he can not afford to pay 27million naira for the APC presidential form. I became interested and decided to investigate. I went to the ministry of Finance where I discovered that it is true that all former Presidents and Head of states actually get 23million naira monthly. But I found out that General Buhari actually wrote the minister of Finance to reject the 23million monthly pay. He said in his letter that he will only accept 10percent or that amount which is 2.3million and that is what he has been taking. This is just to clear the air.”

by HON. DINO MELAYE.

■ APC presidential candidate’s life, education, career, and vintage pictures

BY LAWRENCE ENYIOGHASU

Well, not exactly the untold story of former military head of state and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It is more like Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘unknown’ story, as not many Nigerians are familiar with the book written by Rosaline Odeh, the then Head of Research and Documentation Section, Federal Department of Information, in May 1984.

The book, Muhammadu Buhari: Nigeria’s Seventh Head of State, was published by the Federal Department of Information, Domestic Publicity Division, Ikoyi Road, Lagos. It is in seven chapters of 95 pages, and details the early life, educational qualifications, career, and thoughts of the then head of state.

Chapter 1 is on parentage and background of the Daura, Katsina State-born retired military officer and politician. He was the 13th and last child of his mother, and also the last of his father’s 23 children.

Gen. Buhari’s father was Hardo Adamu, a Fulani chief of Dumukorl, a village near Daura. He, however, died when the young Muhammadu was just four years old. All he can remember of him is that “he was tall and fair in complexion.” The young boy ended being brought up by his mother, Hajia Zulaihalu Musa, who had great influence on him.

Chapter 2 is on Buhari’s childhood and early education. This is the portion that, perhaps, unravels the current raging debate on his academic credentials.

At the age of six, the book says, General Buhari was enrolled at the Central Primary School, Daura. His nephew, Mamman, who is two and a half years older, says of the young pupil: “He was above average academically and more than usual naughty.” Buhari himself corroborated: “I was a truant in primary school. I spent a lot of my time playing around. But when I went to secondary school, I changed.”

Classmates at Daura Primary School remember Buhari as a fast runner and centre forward for the school football team. He was always neatly dressed. He was to finish primary education in 1955 at Kankia Primary School.

In 1956, he proceeded to the Katsina Provisional Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina. According to his schoolmates, he had then become “a serious and hardworking student who tried to excel in everything he did.” Deeply religious, he said his prayers regularly, and was among those who made prayer calls at 4:30a.m.

Who were some of Buhari’s classmates, and what did they say of him?

General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua (now deceased): “He worked fairly hard at his studies and games. He was reserved. He was one of the few boys in the school trusted by his classmates, and was quite dependable.”

Alhaji Fathu Abdullahi: He made a lot of friends from outside his Daura group. He was very broadminded. Very serious for his age and had no time for frivolous talks. He was very religious, even at the age of 12.”

Mallam Muktari, Zango: “He used to baffle me. He was so strong-willed and principled. He always stood his ground and did not follow the crowd.”

Buhari was a school monitor in Class 2, later a school prefect, a house captain, and ultimately he was made the head boy of the school.

According to the book, of all the boys who applied to join the Army from Katsina Secondary School, only two were taken. Muhammadu Buhari and Shehu Yar’Adua. They both ended up as Generals.

Chapter 3 is on Buhari’s military career, which he started at Nigerian Military Training College, Katsina, in 1962. He then went to the Young Officers Course No. 5 at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, from May 1963 to July 1963, Mons Officers Cadet School, Aldershot, in the United Kingdom, and he was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant and posted to 2nd Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta as a Platoon Commander.

What are some of the other courses Buhari attended? According to the book, he was at the Army Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course in Bordon, United Kingdom from May 1965 to June of the same year, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India, from January to November 1973, and Army War College, U.S.A, from July 1979 to July 1980.

During the Nigerian Civil War, he was the Brigade Major of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, and Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade.

Chapter 4 is titled ‘Food for Thought,’ and it chronicles Gen Buhari’s views on different national and international issues. It also dwells on his private life and family

‘Landmarks Along the Way’ is the title of Chapter 5. It details Buhari’s footprints on the sands of time: as governor, minister, a member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC), General Officer Commanding (GOC), and call to duty as head of state.

Chapter 6 is on ‘A Journey Into the Past.’ What are readers served here? The influences on Buhari’s early life that made him what he became, particularly as a modest, self-effacing man. Hear his comment on leadership: “If there is anything we need in this country, it is leadership, and I also think, if there is anything we have in this country, they are good soldiers. If you stay with your men, and train with them, they will follow you. Much will be accomplished. If you stay with them and train with them, they will do anything.”

And his philosophy? “You will never succeed if you are unjust to your people.”

The final chapter: ‘Moment of Decision.’ Here, readers will get the appraisal and comments of people on Buhari. They include Dr Onolapo Soleye, his Minister of Finance, the Emir of Daura, Gen Musa Yar’Adua, Alhaji Mamman Daura, Gen Martin Adamu, and many others. Adamu, who was Buhari’s Commander during the civil war, said: “I am saying with all sense of responsibility. I don’t think he is an ambitious man. He feels strongly about Nigeria as a country. Given the support of the Armed Forces and the public, there is no reason he should not succeed. This time is the last chance for Nigeria’s survival and territorial integrity. I believe everything he said in his first speech.”

Buhari 1975
BUHARI EXPOSED ■ His education, life and career
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By Our Reporter on January 10, 2015 COVER

■ APC presidential candidate’s life, education, career, and vintage pictures

BY LAWRENCE ENYIOGHASU

Well, not exactly the untold story of former military head of state and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It is more like Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘unknown’ story, as not many Nigerians are familiar with the book written by Rosaline Odeh, the then Head of Research and Documentation Section, Federal Department of Information, in May 1984.

The book, Muhammadu Buhari: Nigeria’s Seventh Head of State, was published by the Federal Department of Information, Domestic Publicity Division, Ikoyi Road, Lagos. It is in seven chapters of 95 pages, and details the early life, educational qualifications, career, and thoughts of the then head of state.

Chapter 1 is on parentage and background of the Daura, Katsina State-born retired military officer and politician. He was the 13th and last child of his mother, and also the last of his father’s 23 children.

Gen. Buhari’s father was Hardo Adamu, a Fulani chief of Dumukorl, a village near Daura. He, however, died when the young Muhammadu was just four years old. All he can remember of him is that “he was tall and fair in complexion.” The young boy ended being brought up by his mother, Hajia Zulaihalu Musa, who had great influence on him.

Chapter 2 is on Buhari’s childhood and early education. This is the portion that, perhaps, unravels the current raging debate on his academic credentials.

At the age of six, the book says, General Buhari was enrolled at the Central Primary School, Daura. His nephew, Mamman, who is two and a half years older, says of the young pupil: “He was above average academically and more than usual naughty.” Buhari himself corroborated: “I was a truant in primary school. I spent a lot of my time playing around. But when I went to secondary school, I changed.”

Classmates at Daura Primary School remember Buhari as a fast runner and centre forward for the school football team. He was always neatly dressed. He was to finish primary education in 1955 at Kankia Primary School.

In 1956, he proceeded to the Katsina Provisional Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina. According to his schoolmates, he had then become “a serious and hardworking student who tried to excel in everything he did.” Deeply religious, he said his prayers regularly, and was among those who made prayer calls at 4:30a.m.

Who were some of Buhari’s classmates, and what did they say of him?

General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua (now deceased): “He worked fairly hard at his studies and games. He was reserved. He was one of the few boys in the school trusted by his classmates, and was quite dependable.”

Alhaji Fathu Abdullahi: He made a lot of friends from outside his Daura group. He was very broadminded. Very serious for his age and had no time for frivolous talks. He was very religious, even at the age of 12.”

Mallam Muktari, Zango: “He used to baffle me. He was so strong-willed and principled. He always stood his ground and did not follow the crowd.”

Buhari was a school monitor in Class 2, later a school prefect, a house captain, and ultimately he was made the head boy of the school.

According to the book, of all the boys who applied to join the Army from Katsina Secondary School, only two were taken. Muhammadu Buhari and Shehu Yar’Adua. They both ended up as Generals.

Chapter 3 is on Buhari’s military career, which he started at Nigerian Military Training College, Katsina, in 1962. He then went to the Young Officers Course No. 5 at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, from May 1963 to July 1963, Mons Officers Cadet School, Aldershot, in the United Kingdom, and he was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant and posted to 2nd Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta as a Platoon Commander.

What are some of the other courses Buhari attended? According to the book, he was at the Army Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course in Bordon, United Kingdom from May 1965 to June of the same year, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India, from January to November 1973, and Army War College, U.S.A, from July 1979 to July 1980.

During the Nigerian Civil War, he was the Brigade Major of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, and Commander, 31st Infantry Brigade.

Chapter 4 is titled ‘Food for Thought,’ and it chronicles Gen Buhari’s views on different national and international issues. It also dwells on his private life and family

‘Landmarks Along the Way’ is the title of Chapter 5. It details Buhari’s footprints on the sands of time: as governor, minister, a member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC), General Officer Commanding (GOC), and call to duty as head of state.

Chapter 6 is on ‘A Journey Into the Past.’ What are readers served here? The influences on Buhari’s early life that made him what he became, particularly as a modest, self-effacing man. Hear his comment on leadership: “If there is anything we need in this country, it is leadership, and I also think, if there is anything we have in this country, they are good soldiers. If you stay with your men, and train with them, they will follow you. Much will be accomplished. If you stay with them and train with them, they will do anything.”

And his philosophy? “You will never succeed if you are unjust to your people.”

The final chapter: ‘Moment of Decision.’ Here, readers will get the appraisal and comments of people on Buhari. They include Dr Onolapo Soleye, his Minister of Finance, the Emir of Daura, Gen Musa Yar’Adua, Alhaji Mamman Daura, Gen Martin Adamu, and many others. Adamu, who was Buhari’s Commander during the civil war, said: “I am saying with all sense of responsibility. I don’t think he is an ambitious man. He feels strongly about Nigeria as a country. Given the support of the Armed Forces and the public, there is no reason he should not succeed. This time is the last chance for Nigeria’s survival and territorial integrity. I believe everything he said in his first speech.”

Flets:
Please have we found Buhari's certificate?

His Certificate is where it is for you to verify (doubting thomas). We want u guys to rant for sometime finish, then we will whip u by posting them online. then ur mouth will be shot as it will be a joker to u all.

GMB always consider integrity and track record first and not a bigot that will put only his kinsmen running tins

Buhari/Osinbajo are our next president/Vice president in Jesus name

GMB will be our next President in Jesus name.

Thank God you accept u people are were lying calling him Fanatics before. Don't worry, you will see his Certificate soon and you will be shamed also. All your gimic is failing as you can see...

Full List of Nigeria’s Military Governors under Military Administration Of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari Circa 1984

Here’s the full list of military governors under the military administration of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.
This list is circa 1984, and has the ranks of officers and names of states frozen to reflect that period in time.

State Name State of Origin Religion
Anambra - Navy Captain Allison Madueke -- Christian
Bauchi - Brigadier Mohammed Sani Sami -- Muslim
Bendel - Brigadier Jeremiah Useni -- Christian
Benue - Brigadier John Atom Kpera -- Christian
Borno - Major-General Abubakar Waziri -- Muslim
Cross River - Brigadier Dan Archibong --Christian
Gongola - Major-General Muhammadu D. Jega -- Muslim
Imo - Brigadier Ike Nwachukwu -- Christian
Kaduna - Air Commodore Usman Mu’azu -- Muslim
Kano - Air Commodore Hamza Abdullahi -- Muslim
Kwara - Group Captain Salaludeen Latinwo -- Muslim
Lagos - Group Captain Gbolahan Mudasiru -- Atheist
Niger - Lt-Col David Mark -- Christian
Ogun - Lt-Col Donaldson Oladipo Diya -- Christian
Ondo - Lt-Col Michael Otiko -- Christian
Oyo - Lt-Col Oladayo Poopola -- Christian
Plateau - Navy Captain Samuel Bitrus Atukum -- Christian
Rivers - Police Commissioner Fidelis Oyakhilome -- Christian
Sokoto - Brigadier Garba Duba -- Muslim

MINISTERS

1. Domkat Bali - Christian - Defence.
2. Onaolapo Sholeye -Christian- Finance.
3. Emmanuel Nsan -Christian - Health.
4. Sam Omeruah - Christian-Information.
5. Tam David West - Christian -Petroleum.
6. Patrick Koshoni - Christian -Works.
7. Chike Offodile - Christian - Justice.

11 out of his 19 Governors He appointed were Christian. And He make sure He appointed indigene of each state to Govern them.
Let’s fair God in all we say or do because politics will finish and we will be left with what we do or say in front of our creator.

All 7 Ministers are Christians.

Vote Wisely

Full List of Nigeria’s Military Governors under Military Administration Of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari Circa 1984

Here’s the full list of military governors under the military administration of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.
This list is circa 1984, and has the ranks of officers and names of states frozen to reflect that period in time.

State Name State of Origin Religion
Anambra - Navy Captain Allison Madueke -- Christian
Bauchi - Brigadier Mohammed Sani Sami -- Muslim
Bendel - Brigadier Jeremiah Useni -- Christian
Benue - Brigadier John Atom Kpera -- Christian
Borno - Major-General Abubakar Waziri -- Muslim
Cross River - Brigadier Dan Archibong --Christian
Gongola - Major-General Muhammadu D. Jega -- Muslim
Imo - Brigadier Ike Nwachukwu -- Christian
Kaduna - Air Commodore Usman Mu’azu -- Muslim
Kano - Air Commodore Hamza Abdullahi -- Muslim
Kwara - Group Captain Salaludeen Latinwo -- Muslim
Lagos - Group Captain Gbolahan Mudasiru -- Atheist
Niger - Lt-Col David Mark -- Christian
Ogun - Lt-Col Donaldson Oladipo Diya -- Christian
Ondo - Lt-Col Michael Otiko -- Christian
Oyo - Lt-Col Oladayo Poopola -- Christian
Plateau - Navy Captain Samuel Bitrus Atukum -- Christian
Rivers - Police Commissioner Fidelis Oyakhilome -- Christian
Sokoto - Brigadier Garba Duba -- Muslim

MINISTERS

1. Domkat Bali - Christian - Defence.
2. Onaolapo Sholeye -Christian- Finance.
3. Emmanuel Nsan -Christian - Health.
4. Sam Omeruah - Christian-Information.
5. Tam David West - Christian -Petroleum.
6. Patrick Koshoni - Christian -Works.
7. Chike Offodile - Christian - Justice.

11 out of his 19 Governors He appointed were Christian. And He make sure He appointed indigene of each state to Govern them.
Let’s fair God in all we say or do because politics will finish and we will be left with what we do or say in front of our creator.

All 7 Ministers are Christians.

Vote Wisely

Full List of Nigeria’s Military Governors under Military Administration Of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari Circa 1984

Here’s the full list of military governors under the military administration of Major-General Muhammadu Buhari.
This list is circa 1984, and has the ranks of officers and names of states frozen to reflect that period in time.

State Name State of Origin Religion
Anambra Navy Captain Allison Madueke Anambra Christian
Bauchi Brigadier Mohammed Sani Sami Sokoto Muslim
Bendel Brigadier Jeremiah Useni Plateau Christian
Benue Brigadier John Atom Kpera Benue Christian
Borno Major-General Abubakar Waziri Borno Muslim
Cross River Brigadier Dan Archibong Cross River Christian
Gongola Major-General Muhammadu D. Jega Sokoto Muslim
Imo Brigadier Ike Nwachukwu Imo Christian
Kaduna Air Commodore Usman Mu’azu Kaduna Muslim
Kano Air Commodore Hamza Abdullahi Kano Muslim
Kwara Group Captain Salaludeen Latinwo Kwara Muslim
Lagos Group Captain Gbolahan Mudasiru Lagos Atheist
Niger Lt-Col David Mark Benue Christian
Ogun Lt-Col Donaldson Oladipo Diya Ogun Christian
Ondo Lt-Col Michael Otiko Ondo Christian
Oyo Lt-Col Oladayo Poopola Oyo Christian
Plateau Navy Captain Samuel Bitrus Atukum Plateau Christian
Rivers Police Commissioner Fidelis Oyakhilome Bendel Christian
Sokoto Brigadier Garba Duba Kaduna Muslim

MINISTERS

1. Domkat Bali - Christian - Defence.
2. Onaolapo Sholeye -Christian- Finance.
3. Emmanuel Nsan -Christian - Health.
4. Sam Omeruah - Christian-Information.
5. Tam David West - Christian -Petroleum.
6. Patrick Koshoni - Christian -Works.
7. Chike Offodile - Christian - Justice.

11 out of his 19 Governors He appointed were Christian. And He make sure He appointed indigene of each state to Govern them.
Let’s fair God in all we say or do because politics will finish and we will be left with what we do or say in front of our creator.

All 7 Ministers are Christians.

Vote Wisely

erico2k2:
ahaha so you want me to believe you just cos you retyped it ahaha ok whats and where is ur Link?

Unbeliever will always be unbeliever no matter what. i use Judas as example

erico2k2:
he already did, most guys screaming sia GMB are forgetting that if you increase something in 2 folds it means %200 increase, or MayB they are struggling with maths. ahahah Guy did you notice OP delibrately removed Buhari's fuel tenure so we cant mesure its % increase

I put it there earlier may be it was Seun that removed it for his reason.

HISTORY OF FUEL PRICE INCREASES IN
NIGERIA.
(K for kobo, N for Naira)
•Gowon - from 6k to 8.45kobo
•Murtala - from 8.45k to 9k
•Obasanjo - from 9k to 15.3k
•Shagari - from 15.3k to 20k
•Buhari - from 20k to 20k (Price remains the
same)
•Babangida - from 20k to 39.5k
•Babangida - from 39.5k to 42k
•Babangida - from 42k to 60k (Private
Vehicles)
•Baban gida - from 60k to 70k
•Shonekan - from 70k to N5 (Naira)
•Abacha - from N5 to N3.25k (Price drops)
•Abacha - from N3.25k to N15
•Abacha - from N15 to N11 (Price drops)
•Abubakar - from N11 to N25
•Abubakar - from N25 to N20 (Price drops)
•Obasanjo - from N20 to N30
•Obasanjo - from N30 to N22 (Price drops)
•Obasanjo - from N22 to N26
•Obasanjo - from N26 to N42
•Obasanjo - from N42 to N50
•Obasanjo - from N50 to N65
•Obasanjo - from N65 to N75
•Yar'Adua - from N75 to N65 (Price drops)
•Jonathan - (New year present) N141
•Jonathan - (After labor strike) N97
BUHARI and YAR'ADUA did not increase
prices. In fact, YARADUA reduced the pump
price from N75 to N65. In shall Allah Buhari
shall come again. Say AMIN!

Decryptor:
So OP, the yardstick used in measuring Buhari as a competent leader is because HE DID NOT INCREASE FUEL PRICE?

[size=18pt]The weed you are smoking must have been harvested from a shrine in ijebu[/size]

Compare GMB Government and GEJ on Different indices:

1. Fuel Price Increase (which is a determinant for inflation of other products).
2. Naira to Dollar exchange rate changes
3. WAI vs EFCC + ICPC
4. Security situation
5. Unity among Ethnic and Religious Group
etc.

Kindly comment on all these sincerely if you fear God and conclude who is better betwn 2 of them.

jasper7:
You are funny.... have you heard of devaluation of currency? A book worth 5naira as at 1980 is worth well over 5000naira now. Before you make ridiculous post, try and be adviced. Naira was not always as worthless as it is now. Except you are counting figures alone of which then you need to go back and attend economics classes. Speak wisely "boy". Lol. Ignorance is just too funny

With even the point you made above, can you compare them based on the indices u stated and tell who is better btw GMB and GEJ. Did the Naira fall againt Dollar during GMB regime? tell us at what rate GEJ met Dollar and what is it now. then you will know the reason why price is increasing in his tenure. And don't forget, they have rumored, pump price will still increase in June if they are still there. That shows u present Govt doesn't have any solution to stabilize Naira and have good effect on our pump price.

Compare GMB government with that of GEJ head to head in Performance, i believe you will change ur mind if u are sincere with Nigeria.

king1234:
Gas price is a reflection of world's oil price. Nigeria can't be any different.

Even if we had a refinery in Nigeria that will not change significantly the price u pay at the pump as it will be stupid for a refinery owner to refine gas and sell it for cheap when he can sell at a higher price in the world market.

If u want gas price today to reflect what holds in 1960 then that is wishful thinking.


Also Nigeria has been able to sustain a stable price due to subsidy when oil price goes down money used by federal government to subsidies gas price is less. When it is high got has to budget more for subsidy.

Removing subsidy is the right step for govt to do. That removes an inefficient allocation of resources. We may have had an efficient transportation network of rail and buses if govt removes subsidy and use the money for public infrastructure.

A developed country is considered successfully if it has higher amount of its citizens using public transit to handle their daily business than use

Ogaof private cars

Oga, while u try to make sense you ignorantly refused to state the exact reason why the world price you talked about affect us. for your economic knowledge sake, it is the exchange rate that make the price changing in our own case not just world price changes.

jasper7:
Pls explain how Jonathan's increment is the highest? When there is a 70k - 5naira under Shonekan's regime? Even Obj's increment is worse, he met it at 20naira and left it at 75naira. Jonathan met at 65naira and is leaving at 97naira. And somehow Jonathan is the bad guy? Nigerians, we can sign a deal with the devil himself in order to get rid of a demon. What you forget is that they are all the same. And the devil you are running to will chase that demon away and bring a thousand more

Kindly minus =N=65 from =N=140 and tell us which difference so far is up to this.
Also minus =N=65 from =N=97 and tell us which of the difference therein is higher than this

be objective boy.

Here we see who among them all is(are) actually for the masses. A better leader (President) will not make the people to be paying very high for basic needs. Buhari has shown this before and he will still do it again. Lets support Buhari ticket for the masses sake. GEJ will continue to make more expensive for the masses while satisfying the looters all in the name of support.
Imagine when big earning cannot even buy many tins, actually this we dont want. we want our earning no matter how small it is to be able to buy many tins.
Naija, think twice before u support anyone unnecessarily. base ur judgement on anticident and performance of the duo.

From this, Abacha even appear better than GEJ. Plus GEJ increased with the highest difference out of All. What a pity.

HISTORY OF FUEL PRICE INCREASES IN
NIGERIA.
(K for kobo, N for Naira)

•Gowon - from 6k to 8.45kobo

•Murtala - from 8.45k to 9k

•Obasanjo - from 9k to 15.3k

•Shagari - from 15.3k to 20k


•Babangida - from 20k to 39.5k

•Babangida - from 39.5k to 42k

•Babangida - from 42k to 60k (Private
Vehicles)

•Baban gida - from 60k to 70k

•Shonekan - from 70k to N5 (Naira)

•Abacha - from N5 to N3.25k (Price drops)

•Abacha - from N3.25k to N15

•Abacha - from N15 to N11 (Price drops)

•Abubakar - from N11 to N25

•Abubakar - from N25 to N20 (Price drops)

•Obasanjo - from N20 to N30

•Obasanjo - from N30 to N22 (Price drops)

•Obasanjo - from N22 to N26

•Obasanjo - from N26 to N42

•Obasanjo - from N42 to N50

•Obasanjo - from N50 to N65

•Obasanjo - from N65 to N75

•Yar'Adua - from N75 to N65 (Price drops)

•Jonathan - (New year present) N141

•Jonathan - (After labor strike) N97

BUHARI and YAR'ADUA did not increase
prices. In fact, YARADUA reduced the pump
price from N75 to N65. By the grace of God, Buhari
will WIN. Say Amen