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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the problem of the country is Nigerians and not ethnicity or religion, Newspremises reports.

President Buhari said this while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group, who visited the State House in Abuja on Wednesday June 30 to present a compendium of five years achievements of the administration.

The President recounted his struggle to get justice after disputed results of presidential elections in 2003, 2007, and 2011.

According to him, those who ruled against him were of his own ethnic stock and religious persuasion, while those who stood up for him were of other faith and ethnicity.

In his words:

“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’d 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 Igbo 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 (INEC), 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 Igbo 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 (CJN)? 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, neighbor 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.

“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.

“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.”

Source: https://newspremises.com.ng/president-muhammeadu-buhari-has-said-nigerians-are-the-problem-of-the-country/

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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...

This una president sef always talking out of point. Is there any correlation between what he just said and the reason why the people that come to visit him.

Really? and Gumi still works free while Kanu and Igboho are under attacks

True

ok it's no longer Nnamdi Kanu.


Useless old hag terrorist with stinking shrink dickk

Very true... Your current haters are Lilith children.

God bless you, you are the best thing that ever happened to Nigeria. I wish you are young like macron so that we will change the two terms rule to take us to the promise land and beyond

God bless our darling daddy.

Nigerians are truly the problem of Nigeria and this explains why you are doing a lot for Niger Republic.

That's true Mr President.

Even here on this post, they are already proving the old man right...
(1) the leaders are corrupt and unproductive.
(2) we still defend and celebrate them.
(3) during elections,we are used to rig elections.
(4) we comfortably sell our future to politicians for as low as 100 naira during elections.
(5) after elections, the winners settles down to loot while we go about complaining.
(6) when elections approaches again, they come back with another 100 naira we forget what we have are going through as a result of the 100 naira sales we hit the street shouting APC and PDP again.
(7) we don't even understand the difference between governance and politics.
( if a southern leader tells you that the north is the problem, why is that problem not affecting both the elites from the south but only the poor masses?
(9) if a northern leader tells you that the south is your problem, why is the problem not affecting both the elites and the poor masses in the north.
(10) politicians divide you across religious and ethnic lines so that they can continue ruling and you gladly accept.
(11) the last thing Nigerian leaders will fight to make sure it never happens is to see a united Nigeria masses from all over the country because, that will be game over for them...

NwaAmaikpe:




God bless our darling daddy.

Nigerians are truly the problem of Nigeria and this explains why you are doing a lot for Niger Republic.

Everyone know you guys singular aim is lies, the 2nd Niger bridge alone puts that figure in serious dispute. Even .the Enugu - Cameroon Highway again shames you and that adulterous pastor Reno.

Ofcourse you blame everyone but yourself.

Blame game continues till 2023

So he is not a Nigerian, the dullard in Aso rock is the number one problem.