₦airaland Forum

Johndoe100:
[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

Muhammed Kabir
A Rejoinder to “Buhari, Atiku, Go and Rest” written by Naiwu Osahun: a response from MK Hassan

Dear Naiwu Osahun,
I read your article with the above caption and was compelled to write a rejoinder because of the inaccuracies it conveyed. The article only succeeded in exposing your ignorance of what has been happening in Nigeria, not surprising to me because you have stayed too long in the West and have no clue or is it due to some deliberate intellectual mischief? It may be better if you start writing on Memphis Tennessee, the civil right movements and how Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis since you know that place very well to have been given the city’s key before you get enlightened on local politics back home in Nigeria and start writing. I am really disappointed with that article and other ones you have previously wrote. It is obvious that your article wanted to attack the personality of Buhari but it ended up with bunch of contradictions and lack of scholarship. I cannot defend both Atiku and Jonathan because they all have case files before EFCC. While Atiku has one with respect to PTDF, Mr. Jonathan’s wife has a case file involving 12 million dollars when he was Governor of Bayelsa and she was arrested by EFCC then. Jonathan became Vice President and now Acting President and the case has since died silently. However, on Buhari I need to put the records straight point by point, I hope my rejoinder will be given the same publicity as your initial write up.

1. Mitary Training: Buhari does not fit in to the profile you wrote. In case you don't know Buhari graduated as a military officer (lieutenant) in Aldeshot UK. He went to the US National War College Carlisle in Pennsylvania from 1980 -1981. That is where the most respected officers of the US army such as Collin Powell attended to become generals. He was at the Defense College of India as well. By all military standards, his training is superb and the best any general can get in the world. Buhari was not some idle sitting General on baboon tree as you stated in your write up when he was in the army. In 1982-1983 when Chad took over our land with more than 19 villages like what the Cameroonians did with the support of France in the case of Bakassi, he then Brigadier Buhari led a successful operation as the GOC to push back Chad and reclaim our territory. If it was Buhari, there is no way as President, he will hand over Bakassi to Cameroon, that is true patriotism. I am not Buhari's relative and I have never met him in my life. But I have taken the pain to know a lot about him by reading facts because I believe among all the possible candidates vying for the Presidency now that may end up ruling Nigeria, he is the best qualified. Someone challenged me on the comments section of Sahara Reporters that I must compare General David Petreaus (The General Commanding Central Command in the Middle East of the US Forces) and Buhari; that is a tall order. They did not serve in the same army but still you have to give it to Buhari. Buhari as Lieutenant after graduating from the UK royal army fought in the Congo in 1964-65 as part of the first mission forces to stabilize the country during it first civil war and won the Congo Medal. He is comparable to Petreaus of US in terms of war command and strategy training. Petreaus Attended the US War College, Pennsylvania to become a General, Buhari went to the same college from 1980-1981 to be General even though Petreaus did, Buhari is his senior even by the US army rankings. Buhari fought a dangerous battle in Congo as a Lieutenant and won the Congo medal, Petreaus did not. Buhari fought in the Biafra civil war as a captain; Petreaus has not fought in a civil war. Buhari commanded an army division to defend his country against Chad, Petreaus commanded an army division to destroy a country Iraq. Now anyone who wants to can compare them.

2. Buhari's family background: Buhari came from a poor family in Daura. He is not the typical northern prince that you may think of. He lost his father Mallam Dauda, when he was young and his uncle took care of him and sent him to school and after secondary school, he joined the army and went to train in the UK royal army. You should have found out about all that before you write your article. It is because of his kind of background and the suffering he went through that he has no sympathy for corruption and the northern traditional ruling families fear him. Quite unlike Atiku, IBB, Yar'adua, Abdussalam etc, he has no traditional title, he refused to accept one from any emir even though they want to give him one even today. The masses in the north have decided to give him one. They call him Baba Buhari Shugaban talakawan Nigeria (Meaning our father, Buhari the leader of the masses).

3. Buhari, the so called Jihadist: Buhari was the first person to fight religious extremism in Nigeria. Anyone can go and find out about a group called Maitatsine in the north that took up arms in 1984 in the name of Jihad in States like Kano, Maiduguri, Bauchi and Adamawa and what he did to them. You also need to read about his refusal to allow every tom manliness and harry to become a pastor or imam in Nigeria like what is happening today. That is why we have so many religious crisis in the country because illiterates are parading themselves as Mallams and Pastors and fomenting trouble in the land. In respect of Nuhu Ribadu, Nasiru El Rufai, two of the most recent distinguished northerners anyone likes to mention, I would like to let you know that they have learnt a lot from Buhari as well. Nuhu got the opportunity to fight his first battle of corruption when he was doing his NYSC in 1984 when Buhari was investigating the 1984 thieves, Nuhu served in the Ministry of Trade where the import license scams took place and it is there, he told us on one occasion while delivering a lecture, that he got the inspiration to fight corruption and decided to join the police after his NYSC. In the case of El-Rufai, he also worked as consultant for PTF when Buhari was its chairman. Not surprising that they are hard working and distinguished. However, just before the 2003 elections, mischief makers like Atiku went to the south to misinformed people that he is a jihadist and support Sharia. If that is the case distinguished southerners both Christians and Muslims alike will not have supported him and I am talking of people like late Gani Fawehimi, who invited him to his house and raised Buhari’s hand before the media for all of us to see. People like Olu Falae, Tam David West and the like who still say a lot of good things about him and are supporting him. The truth must be told this time.

4. IBB's Coup against Buhari: Buhari refused to accept IMF loans and refused to devalue the naira then and I am glad you acknowledge that in your article and because of that he had to go because the west didn't like him so they used IBB to bring SAP that scuttle our econo y and put us in 18 billion dollars debt even though we sell oil. Meanwhile, he has retired General Ali Gusau in 1984 because of disagreements regarding work and defense contracts as reported along with Babangida, the duo planned the coup and when they succeeded, Babangida recalled Ali Gusau back to the army and made him his chief of Defense Intelligence. By the way, I would like you to know that Buhari sent Gusau on training to UK and US in intelligence and security while he was head of state. He made IBB his chief of army state but IBB is nothing short of a traitor to Buhari just the same way Dimka and Bisalla were traitors to Murtala in the 1976 coup.

5. Buhari planned a coup because of missing oil billions: He planned a coup against people like Umaru Dikko the then transport minister who were giving themselves import licenses for rice and skimming Nigerians and the like of Dr Tahir, the communication minister, who were importing horses and their food from Argentina. I met late Dr. Tahir who became Buhari's supporter in 2003, when I visited him in 2002 he told us that what Buhari did then was right, because they have lost their direction as a government. Dr. Tahir was a man of high intellectual capacity with a Phd in sociology from Cambridge, he spoke the truth. What Buhari did as a petroleum minister was the successful supervision and construction of three of the nation refineries, over 4000km of pipelines and 28 depots that we have failed to maintain today and so we import oil. How much has been stolen in just the turnaround maintenance of the refineries between Obasanjo and Abdussalam and still the refineries are not working? Over 4 billion dollars from 1999 to date. Infact before Obasanjo left, he auctioned one of refineries to Dangote at about 250 million dollars, something worth more than 3 billion dollars, Yar’adua reversed that sale.

6.Buhari and PTF: It is obvious you have not been home for long and so you are writing on what you don't know. On PTF, Buhari rehabilitated universities in Nigeria, provided textbooks for libraries and I am a witnessed, I used them for my final year project with PTF written on them. He supplied buses to the universities that time universities have no means of transportation. He built lecture theaters that I have studied in. We were happy to drive in the PTF buses and go for excursions to Kainji and Ajaokuta. What happened in PTF was after Obj won election even before he was sworn in and seeing the PTF records, he said he is going to ban PTF because it has no constitutional backing in a democracy. Because constitutionally all revenues must go to federation account and allocated by RMFAC. So when he was sworn in, he appointed a sole administrator, Dr. Haruna Adamu to investigate PTF hoping he will find something against Buhari. But it ended with Haruna going to jail for stealing $100 million dollars and it is in the records and newspapers in case you don’t know.

7.Missing PTF Money: . Let me tell you if that money you are talking about was missing in PTF, in both 2003 and 2007 elections, PDP and OBJ will have used that against Buhari just like he did to Atiku and PTDF and how he intimidated IBB on Glo by arresting his son, but OBJ cannot because he knows the man is so clean and that is who we need today in Nigeria. You can accuse Buhari for high handedness when he initially came in to power in 1983 by sending the politicians to Kiri Kiri with long life sentences but not corruption. Looking back to the 1980's , I can say Buhari was even compassionate. During that time, in Ghana and Congo and several African countries where they were coups, people like Rawlings in Ghana executed the government officials by firing squad or hanging but Buhari just jailed them. Some Nigerians are now even clamoring for a revolution or the Rawlings style.

8.Buhari and Democracy: Since the time he joined partisan politics, Buhari has conducted himself in the most admirable manner to anyone who knows what African politics is. Whenever, he lost, he went to court to follow due process. He has been in court for more than 20 months in one occasion making his case. He refused to mobilize his follows to rise against the Government or become unruly. If you don’t know he has such a large following but even if you think he doesn’t look at what is happening in other African countries. Raila Odinga and Kenya, they almost went to civil war because of elections. Morgan Tseveingire and Zimbwebwe, the country is now in shambles.

9. Let me be categorically clear, I am not saying Buhari is Saint Buhari and has no faults. I have my own different opinions on him as well but given our circumstances and the practical reality we are facing the main options we have in 2011 are BUHARI, ATIKU, BABANGIDA, GOODLUCK, the rest of the candidates are not yet out and I have not seen someone with their political heavy weight, we may be left with only the option of electing Buhari if we want to move this country forward. In a real political fight, Jonathan may not survive the intrigues. I don’t have anything against him but I am waiting for him to prove himself on electricity. I am even helping him because I have given his government a plan on how to fix it in the next one year, I hope he can deliver on the electricity promise to prove to us that he can lead and solve our problems.

Finally, if you think my points are not correct or I am being dishonest, I think we have no other option than I challenge you to a debate on your write up perhaps with Sahara reporters and informed journalists and historians as panelists. You are in Tennessee, I am in Pennsylvania, so we can meet in the neutral middle state of Ohio in a city like Cincinnati for the debate. I can pay for your travel fare from Memphis if you want me to. After the debate on Buhari with facts and defending the trash you wrote, then we can put it in on Youtube and Sahara reporters that way Nigerian’s will be more enlightened. I am not intimidated by the bunch of acronyms and titles after your name. It is dangerous to be writing silly stories and misleading people, it is not helping the situation in Nigeria.

MK Hassan can be reached at mk.hassan@hotmail.com

Freedom is like opium once tasted can never be taken away without a fight. I love my freedom and I also love my people, but  I remember  how General Buhari as military Head of State ruled Nigeria with iron hands in the eighties, how the people of Lagos were caned, and  how the old civil servants were made to recite the National Anthem before they could take their pay checks. I saw how two journalist were jailed for publishing the truth, and how the government said "if the truth will embarrass the government it must not be published', sadly, I saw how the people found guilty by Military Tribunals Courts of drugs were executed in Lagos without any option of appeal to Supreme Court, those were my fears of General Buhari

As a youth copper, in Lagos between 1983-1984 all the events of the regime contradicted all my past readings from the period of French revolution in 1789, and as a student activist which shaped my believe system in freedom and rights, rights for women, rights for children, and rights for Nigerian workers, it was difficult for me to let go of those physical abuse I witnessed. Yet, on each election in the last 12 years, General Buhari keeps telling Nigerians to vote for him, like Awolowo said "Nigeria must prepare for demolition before reconstruction" Buhari said "Nigeria has no any other place to call their own except Nigeria, the largest concentration of Black man on earth.

I never expected Nigerians to listen to him, but he keeps on asking with each election in the last 12 years and Nigerians are now gradually listening to him as things keeps on deteriorating some even called him the "Messiah".  I wrote of his past in one of my previous publications as if it was his present or future but Nigerians all over keep reminding me especially the youths that it is time to let go of the past and move on because the pain of the past was not as strong or as hard as that of the future. I questioned his leadership skills which was based on the language of force, and why the General never improved on his education despite being out of office in the last 25 years, and how his economic skill of "trade by Barter" of 1985 will not make Nigeria better in the 21st century but the youths told me it does not matter; all they wanted is for PDP government to go.

Sadly, the politicians and the PDP leadership  in the last twelve years never allowed Nigerians to forget General Buhari toughness on the rights of the people, each day they behaved as if they leant anything or forgot nothing; they moved the goal post of corruption beyond the level of Umar Dikko to a mere child play, public funds disappeared in billions, roads not more than few kilo meters were constructed with billions of naira, the Speaker and Ogun State governor fought over a small  bridge at Sango Otta. What a jerk!

"Lagos Boy" Bode George a  criminals made a triumphant entry like Jesus entering Jerusalem into a church in Lagos and it was attended by a former President, a man who should have been given ten years jail term called himself a graduate of University of life, the system even disregarded the party primary and nominated  people they like, some even appointed their wives and children for the coming election without any regard for the people they plan to govern, some candidates were forced to step down for others which is  a criminal activity in a civilized world. The whole system is not only pathetic, but smells  like central sewage system of Trinity river in Dallas Texas, all which made General Buhari more attractive to the youths.

The desire of a new generation like Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to participate in the Presidential election under ACN excited some us who still have confidence in Nigeria youths  based on his performance as the most effective Police officer ever succeeded in any given assignment in Nigeria, as EFCC Chairman, he did more than what was expected at a time  when Nigeria was a write off to the international community for corruption and advanced fee fraud, as  President with a 21st Century tool in place we should expect the same or better  performance.

Nuhu Ribadu is still learning on the job,  he lacked political platform to start with , he moved too slow for a system that requires drastic solution, he allowed Senator  Tinubu to hijack the system from him because he had no political platform before joining  politics but the youths did not like his romance with Tinubu, a misunderstood politician from the West, he like other new breed politicians  move with snail speed, he forgot that to unseat a sitting president a lot needed to be done, President Obama as a Senator started 2 years ahead hopping  from one city to the other to seek for support, building bridges and consolidating before winning the Democrat Party nomination from a system already arranged for Senator  Hillary Clinton the wife of a former and popular President.

Nuhu Ribadu did not roll up his sleeves enough to prepare for the difficult challenges ahead, like most educated person he moved with the dreams of 21st century in a nation not even grounded in 20th century tools. Just as the youths were getting disillusioned on the free ride of President Jonathan was having  without any serious challenges before and after former Vice President Atiku dream was clipped with his so-called consensus nonsense of Mallam Adamu  Ciroma group at the last PDP convention and how the oppositions seem helpless, or not moving enough to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan, and my own man Nuhu Ribadu was still looking for a good running mate which would have been better if Professor Etomi or Dr Ngozi Iwela had been selected,  but he waited too long, he picked an unknown Igbo man from Texas which was a temporary relief to the Igbos in Nigeria but later changed his mind for a Fola Adeola which now  makes President Jonathan the only viable person of the old Eastern Region background  running for office of President of Nigeria.

However, General Buhari scored a touchdown point when he picked Pastor Bakare, a lawyer, a godly person as running mate, it is like Buhari is doing fine and reading the mood of the nation better than his previous steps. I am told, he will this around, respect the law of the land, he will not abuse rights of Nigerian women and children because we have laws now, not a suspended constitution unlike 1983, he said, he will remove the immunity clause which the governors were using to steal public fund which made the General much more viable than President Jonathan I believe him. Nuhu Ribadu has the record of 21st Century tools in fighting corruption while Buhari reminds us of his 20 Century system, will the past be what we need to clean Nigeria or the tools of 21 century as displayed by Ribadu as EFCC Chairman? The result of the election will tell.

Somehow, General Buhari weakened my tough stand on him with the selection  a man I knew from youth to be sincere and Godly as his running mate, General Buhari said further, all the criminals will be prosecuted, despite my love for Ribadu I believe him, the General keeps on making me to rethink about my stand on him, only if he can promise Nigerians to respect the right of women, rights of children, follow the rule of law without bending it, create State and City Police, seek to amend the constitution to include creation of mayoral system for our cities with appointment of City Managers, maybe we can have him as a "Messiah" but all he has now is just this election after this, General Buhari political journey will be history, if he does not win and if he does his past will be placed side by side of his futures activities to see which one will be better, his crude military system of government of 1983/85 or a polished 21st Century tools whichever is, just  let us hope all the rights we worked for since the first military coup suspended our constitution 1966 will not be lost due to fighting corruption, we can at least take solace in Pastor Bakare to remind the General that we are a nation of law and order.

Despite General Buhari past records and opinion of the youths and lack of compassion of the present politicians to poor and weak in Nigeria General Buhari philosophy may be the panacea required to clean the Augean table of corruption in Nigeria it is time for all to stand and get this job done by kicking the PDP out of office for the coming generation to have a future in Africa largest concentration for black people. Nigeria Bless your heart and do away with the man with funny resource control hat as President of Nigeria 

Zents Sowunmi (Lives in Brooklyn New York)

http://www.articlesbase.com/politics-articles/nigeria-2011-is-general-buhari-the-messiah-4354526.html

Beaf:
How can someone who siezed power by coup bring true federalism? Does it make sense? Do you really think deep down that Buhari is cerebral enough to grasp the concept? Or diplomatic enough to sell it?

GEJ's manifesto promises true federalism, and I believe him. Thank you.
He is cerebral, diplomatic, cool and calm. His chances of success with such a project are way higher than Buhari's.

The coup plotter was IBB and this same IBB is GEJ's mentor, how about that?

It makes sense because Buhari didn't oppress anyone except the criminals, it makes 150% sense because he has done it before when he was saddled with the responsibilities of PTDF, he performed throughout Nigeria.

Buhari's word is like his life, his manifesto is there for reference, i have it on my PC, so he cannot say A and then do B, except if you can show me where Buhari told you A, turned around to do B, then i'd take you serious.

Show me on GEJ's manifesto where he spoke, wrote or mentioned true federalism, i am EAGERLY WAITING for that part. don't doctor it o because you'd be surprised I've got one myself.

GEJ cannot claim to provide electricity when those holding down our electricity are his mentors (generator importers)
GEJ cannot claim to provide roads when those destroying our roads are his mentors (Anenih and co)
GEJ cannot claim to fight corruption, insecurity and indiscipline when those perpetuating these acts are within his party (Ciroma, IBB, Dokpesi, Akala, OBJ, OGB, Folarin, Orji E.T.C)

What can a puppet GEJ do for 4 years when his mentors couldn't do nada for 12yrs?

Buhari the only viable personality running for the presidency

A man without godfathers.

A man who's not afraid of fighting corruption since he has no skeleton in his cupboard

A man who does not talk before he thinks, rather he thinks before he talks

A man who does not blame his opponents for his own mistakes

Buhari, your name alone is enough to make someone rich

Within a year, your name set up a new party, the incumbent party is threatened

Buhari's name alone is enough to take to the bank, someone who does not care for money, rather for honesty.

For the future of Nigeria and that of your kids, VOTE FOR BUHARI

Beaf:
He should try to limit his campaign slogans to English, otherwise he is campaigning to Hausa speakers only.

Is Hausa not a Nigerian Language? not all Nigerians understand English same with Hausa, so what's the fuss all about?

Sai Buhari

Changi

^^^^

129.xx then back up i think.

aisha2:
No i dont think thats her, i got a picture its really will try to get another one. Here is what i could get

That pix too small ma'am.

mogentle:
So, that is the only comparison you can make?
Beaf, you are getting worse per second!!!!

Look, as for me, i dont just talk about BB, i made several copies of their posters which i give out everyday. You know what It yields result like magic. !!

All my people, family, friends are going BB.

Bro, i need the BB banner on my profile too, how do i go about it? fill me in bro.

spikedcylinder:
What does the bolded mean?

Don't mind that deadly liar of a beaf, SAI means UP.

Sai Buhari = Up Buhari

Is this her pix or that of her daughter?

Beaf:
It is Buhari supporters that are abusive and short on logic. They open threads specifically to bash individuals. Nigeria cannot continue with such ill-bred politics, thats why it is time for fresh air and out with the old and men that step on their own tongues like Bakare.

I once said it that you're nothing but a sentimental poster, you claim to love your people and country, but you haven't and have never showed any sign of that in any of your post.

YOU SAID YOU WANT A LEADER WHO'S GOING TO BRING INTO NIGERIA TRUE FEDERALISM, BUT YOU HAVE REFUSED TO SUPPORT AN ASPIRANT WHO HAS YOUR WISH AS ONE OF HIS TOP PRIORITIES, RATHER YOU ARE SUPPORTING GEJ WHO HAS NEVER AND WON'T SUPPORT TRUE FEDERALISM.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO YOUR OWN PEOPLE?

Honesty pays

Broadcast this winning team to victory.

The change is here to stay.

You cannot hide the truth, the people cannot continue to suffer.

They represented BB full time

^^^^

Do you own bit, make sure people see the truth

^^^^

  The keys to change them all is in our hands

Soon, soon, soon, we're going to be liberated.

GenBuhari:
@honeric01

How far?

We need u to update your signature at bottom of your posts  

See my own.

Ok sir!

ibadan yes oo

^^  Now we can see its not just the north, he has respect all over the place.

^^^^^

  Their central bank pumped cash into their financial market.

Ibadan ooo

^^^^

The change is here.

All for ogun state

All for BB2011

We all know Bakare to be someone who say it the way it is, if there's anything on Ribadu, he's going to say it in due time, it could be how he handled some of the corruption cases before him, we should stop behaving as if we didn't know how Ribadu handled corruption cases in his time.


Anyways, i want to see the same article on another paper for a total confirmation "WORD FOR WORD"

@jumobi1

 How old are you? no pun intended.

omg!!! ;d ;d ;d ;d ;d

I can't wait to see BB2011!

BBBBBBUUUUHHHHHAAAARRRRRIIIII AALLLL TTTHHHHEEEE WWAAAAYYYY!!!!!


With this team in ASO rock, i am going to be a proud Nigerian again.