The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has insisted that the current polarisation and inherent injustices in the country are neither fuelled by ethnicity nor religion, but Nigerians themselves.

Buhari said this while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group, recently at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the full text of the President’s address titled ‘Forget ethnicity, forget religion. We, the people are the problem of Nigeria, says President Buhari’ available to journalists on Wednesday.

The President again narrated his struggles to get justice at the courts, after disputed results of presidential elections in 2003, 2007, and 2011, concluding that people who ruled against him were of his own ethnic stock and religious persuasion, while those who stood up for him were of other faiths and ethnicity.

He said, “Our problem is not ethnicity or religion, it is ourselves.

“After my third appearance in the Supreme Court, I came out to speak to those who were present then. I told them that from 2003, I had spent 30 months in court.

“The President of the Court of Appeal, the first port of call for representation by presidential candidates then, was my classmate in secondary school in Katsina. We spent six years in the same class, Justice Umaru Abdullahi.


“My legal head was Chief Mike Ahamba, a Roman Catholic and an Ibo man. When the President of the court decided that we should present our case, my first witness was in the box.

“Ahamba insisted that a letter should be sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission, to present the register of constituencies in some of the States, to prove that what they announced was falsehood. It was documented.

“When they gave judgment, another Ibo man, the late Justice Nsofor, asked for the reaction from INEC to the letter sent to them. They just dismissed it. He then decided to write a minority judgment. That was after 27 months in court.

“We went to the Supreme Court. Who was Chief Justice of Nigeria? A Hausa-Fulani like me, from Zaria. The members of the panel went in for about 30 minutes, came back to say they were proceeding on break. They went for 3 months. When they came back, it didn’t take them 15 minutes, they dismissed us.


“In 2007, who was the CJN? Kutigi. Again, a Muslim from the North. After 8 months or so, he dismissed the case.

“Again in 2011, because I was so persistent, Musdafa, a Fulani man like me, from Jigawa, neighbour to my state, was CJN. He dismissed my case.

“I’ve taken you round this to prove that our problem is not ethnicity or religion. It is ourselves.


“I refused to give up. I had tried to wear Agbada after what happened to me in Khaki. Something was done to me, because I did something to others. You know it. In the end, I myself was arrested, sent to detention, and they were given back what they had taken. I was there for three and a quarter years. This is Nigeria.

The President expressed hope that history would capture the progress the country has made in the justice system.

“I hope historians and intellectuals would document this, because it is a fantastic state of political development. Let our grandchildren and great grandchildren see how we came along.

“We didn’t get it as easy as other people think. Not because God has given us great population and resources. We have suffered along the line.

He thanked members of the group for their kind gesture, adding that his rivals have been unable to accuse him of corruption over the years.

“I try to mention these things because you got yourselves together, used your resources, energies without any input from me. I cannot thank you enough.

“I’m very grateful to you and to Nigerians because in 2019, I visited all the states, the people that turned out to see me across the country because I’m dedicated to serve Nigeria and Nigerians, the love is genuine.

“Thank God that over the years, they can’t accuse me of corruption. And I’ve been everything; Governor, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Head of State, President and in my second term. I thank you that nobody forced you, but you got together, used your energy, time and resources, I thank you very much. I assure you, history will do you justice.”

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It is understandable that president Buhari have long envisaged that Nigerians are the most stupid people to rule that is why he desperately sought using all manners of means including threat to gain access to power then starts spilling nonsense of these kinds on the citizens.Dont be surprise seeing his zombies still defending this shitcrap.I am sorry but that is my take.

Bubu Bubu......Just dey rule dey go,everything has an end anyways!!!!

Perhaps Buhari thinks all Nigerians are like his moronic cows that dont fully knows his unmistakable bigotry, ethno-religious bias in nepotic appointments, RUGA, promoting the atrocities of his killer brother Fulanis. Remember his utterances that led to the untimely death of corpers in the Bauchi crisis of 2011? Has he apologized to this nation?

What about his silly utterances on the atrocities of bandits and the sickening "a fight against Boko haram is a fight against the north" speech? The dogs and baboons soaked in blood statement? What about seeing other people demanding separatist state as terrorists while the real terrorists are just mowing down other ethnic nationals?

Buhari is fond of blaming everything under the earth except himself even when it is explicitly clear that he is @ fault.This nauseating attribute alone is not the character of responsible leaders.

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First things first only foolish people depend on strong people instead of strong institution ...


Secondly we are talking about our existence first not even about development

As we speak fulanis are swallowing up minorities in the middle belt bauchi , jos , nassarawa n the rest ... restructure this country let everyone handle their security n resources then we can talk about development

Buhari and his Apc government should be tag..

Government of excuses and blames..

They have excuse for everything
They blame everything except them..

Apc is a useless party..

Though, it is hard and difficult to admit, what he said is true. I still remember the video of Prof Soludo and Senator Umeh just few days ago yet they are brothers from even same state and party!
https://www.nairaland.com/6618857/victor-umeh-caught-camera-mocking

If you go through the list of those who mismanaged the oil subsidies during HE GEJ tenure, every religion, tongue and tribe was there yet they use politics to divide their followers. Nigerians caused the problems and it's Nigerians who will solve it. God bless Nigeria. All the enemies of Nigeria will lose las las.

Yes, to some extent.

Our leaders started it, followers are just continuing what our leaders started.

Asgard73:
Buhari and his Apc government should be tag.Govt of excuses and blames.They have excuse for everything.They blame everything except themselves....

Always blaming others for their gross clueless, incompetency and ineptitude.So nauseating set of bunch ever seen in government.

This una president sef always talking out of point.

I no blame the cow.....he never holds himself responsibie for anything........... always blaming the next or the other for his failure.... even when him use shit stain his own boxers....he will blame the shit for not being responsible...

Says an Eritrean man

Says The man who introduced 97% and 5% into Nigerian politics.
Says The man who freed terrorists because they are of his religion but shoot peaceful protesters.
Says The man who appoint someone base on ethnicity and religion.
Says The man who wants to take indigenous people's land and give to people of his ethnic stock.
Abeg tell me something else.

- We are talking of Dis-unity through nepotism along the lines of ethnicity and religion...

- hypocrisy along the lines of ethnicity and religion...

It was very evident you didnt win those elections...

Says the dullard that gave all the juicy post and security heads to aboki

And you are the reason why Nigerians are to blame

I'm even shocked that he didn't express shock over this matter sef......

The President has spoken

⏩This man doesn't want to take
responsibility for anything.

⏩He is only interested in the perks
& enjoyment✈️ �️ aspect of being president.

⏩ Your court cases were dismissed
because they lacked merit. You can't
become president by only winning some
Muslims States in the North.

⏩Those judges were saving us from
the type of calamity your incompetence
has now visited on Nigeria.

Very irresponsible ⚠️❕❗️❕

This man is always blaming people for his misfortune

Confused man

Another banger

Wetin the baboon dey talk sef

We voted for you to correct the ills not make excuses after 6 years

We complained Herdsmen were killing our farmers, Miyetti Allah claimed responsibility, then you claimed the herdsmen were Fulanis from West Africa (Fulani is an ethnic group)

Now today he claims the problem isn't ethnicity


If Buhari could just shun bigotry and deal decisively with bandits and killer herdsmen, many people would forgive him


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Yet he did give the Ibo, Roman Catholic man (Chief Mike Ahamba) an appointment when he became president but instead he fell back to his people that were against him to give all the juicy appointments.

The day is tenure will end , he'll be the most hunted ex president .
Let him keep cruising for now .
E no dey hard finish.

Welcome to Nigeria

Where the cititzen blames the President for everything going on in the country...while the president also blame the cititzens for being lazy and guilty of the mess in the country


Only reason AU/worldcourt won't take us serious..

Because we are just confusing them

This man is so annoying,a man that took nepotism to its highest level in Nigeria,he does not have the moral justification to speak on such topic...I wonder how Femi Adeshina and co will be feeling writing this falsehood for him. This people have no conscience!