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WHO IS AFRAID OF BUHARI? WHY YOU MUST VOTE THE PEOPLE'S GENERAL!

I write this because of millions of Nigerians who are below 30 and who constitute a significant chunk of our voting population.
This is the ICT generation that is largely ignorant about the events of the Buhari era (1984-85) and so can be misinformed and misled by needless propaganda. I have sat with many in the under-30 bracket and those slightly above who only have faint recollections of the Buhari era and the level of ignorance about that era is amazing.

Before being MILITARY Head of State, Buhari had been Governor of one of the Northern States (under Obasanjo’s Military government) as well as Minister for Petroleum. He later served as Chairman of PTF under Abacha.

Please consider the following unassailable facts:
1.He birthed and supervised the establishment of our existing refineries.

2. There was no religious crisis while he was Head of State. It started under his successor IBB!

3. In his time as Head of State he reduced inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal discipline and a homegrown economic team (not achieved under any other era, even military).

4.JJ Rawlings of Ghana took over 2yrs before him, and killed all the corrupt leaders, while Buhari only sentenced the corrupt leaders here to prison.

5. Under his watch as PTF Chairman, what he did in road construction in that short period hasn't been matched by almost 16yrs of the PDP rule.

6. Hospitals and universities around the country never witnessed as much benefits as they got from the PTF from any government after or before his time.

7.Despite serving in senior capacity in the oil sector, first as Minister for Petroleum and then Petroleum Trust Fund, Buhari has no petrol station, much less a rig, refinery or an oil block like so many of our leaders.

8. He could have retired into nauseating opulence like most of his counterparts (IBB or Danjuma or even OBJ) but didn't.

9. Instead of hobnobbing with the high and mighty, he has cast his lot with the ordinary man most of who follow him out of hope and belief in his values.
People who know him have said of him... "All I need from Buhari is his word, I can take it to the bank".

10. He is the only politician in the Country today who fills rallies without renting a crowd. The Kaduna rally of 2nd March is eloquent proof!

11. He refused to collect an allowance while serving as Chairman of the PTF because he said since he was already drawing a pension from government, his conscience would not allow him to draw another salary from the purse of the same government.

12. He is the only former head of state that does not own property or land in Abuja.

13. Every attempt to rubbish him through probes in time past eneded up vindicating him!

14. The man who was asked by OBJ to take over the running of PTF before it was scrapped with the aim of probing and indicting Buhari, was the one who ended up being prosecuted for misappropriating $100m of PTF funds! Buhari again, was vindicated.

15. He has OPENLY challenged those who accuse him of religious fundamentalism to come out and show proof. No one has till today, taken up the challenge. His personal driver of many years is a Christian from Plateau State!

16. His government initiated the War Against Indiscipline that has made environmental cleanliness, queuing up, not urinating by the roadside etc features of our national life even till today.

Does it then surprise you why corrupt people would be spreading such heinous rumours about Buhari?
He is a threat to them and they know what he is capable of doing to corruption and corrupt people when he comes into office! So shine your eyes and make the right decision.

If honesty and probity are the things you want for Nigeria, now is the time to choose right. When you cast your vote for BUHARI, you would have cast one vote for an honest man.
Now that you know better, will you please educate others BY FORWARDING THIS TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN!!!

Nd so what?

We know paid agents when we see them!

They are online 24/7 and even monitor Nairaland more than the owner.

They open different topics on how Jonathan slept with their mother, et al, undecided

They have different monikers

On Sundays they come online in their different formats and claim to be Christians with their family

They urge us to vote a 70 something year old dictator as the ruler of Nigeria, a nation of above 70 million youths...

We know them from their tone and how they stoutly defend their paymasters.

Some of them bear Ibo names but they are core Fulani/Hausa..

They see everything wrong with development as long as its Jonathan's Government...

They are known Boko Haram sympathizers

They plan to Islamise Nigeria by all means possible and return power back to the North

We know them and we know their evil plans.

EmmaOgbu:
Nd so what?

It shows u r daft

calebo101:
We know paid agents when we see them!

They are online 24/7 and even monitor Nairaland more than the owner.

They open different topics on how Jonathan slept with their mother, et al, undecided

They have different monikers

On Sundays they come online in their different formats and claim to be Christians with their family

They urge us to vote a 70 something year old dictator as the ruler of Nigeria, a nation of above 70 million youths...

We know them from their tone and how they stoutly defend their paymasters.

Some of them bear Ibo names but they are core Fulani/Hausa..

They see everything wrong with development as long as its Jonathan's Government...

They are known Boko Haram sympathizers

They plan to Islamise Nigeria by all means possible and return power back to the North

We know them and we know their evil plans.

Yes We know them, you are one of them!

honey001:
Yes We know them, you are one of them!

Zip your mouth pls.

my take is that! if you have rule this county once in ur life don't come back again! we can't be saying we are going forward, when indeed we are still looking back to GMB. APC should bring out Fresh vibrant and Purposeful leader, not those we learnt of while we were still kids.!

we all know that cramjones is just a nonentity bastard of a multiple dog sperm

so
he must die very soon

SOON

Pls add this to your reason from POINTB

10 Powerful Reasons to Vote General Buhari

I am not a fan of Buhari, but I admire his doggedness and capacity for pain. Heck a man who keeps going for election every four-year, loses, then proceed to court, loses in court, does nothing meaningful preceding the next election, only to pop-out again during another election period, is a "specialist in failure" (to borrow from Morinhno). So even as I don’t like him, I admit he’s an enigma, and have put up these 10 reasons why we should consider casting our votes for him. “I have come to bury Caesar, not to praise him!”

1. To Save an old man some tears
Nigerians are happy people (happiest at some point) and we always like to be hospitable and respectful especially to the elderly, old, and aged. So why do we derive joy in seeing an old man – General Buhari weep? Is it because he murdered his colleagues during his active period in the army? Is it because he signed Nigeria into Organisation of Islamic Country (OIC)? Is it because he asked “Muslims to vote for muslims, and Christians to vote for Christians”? Is it because he truncated the Lagos Metro Line setting the city back, in similar fashion as he truncated democracy in 1983 to turn the hands of clock backward? Is because of those he murdered with retroactive decree and several of those infractions he committed when he was a clueless dictator? Is it because he’s more clueless than he looks? How much more crocodile tears must this weeping general shed for Nigerians to forgive him and vote for him? A bucket? A river?

2. To save the Dogs and Baboons
Ladies and gentlemen, and erudite members of this platform, the sanctity of life is paramount; that’s why it is the fundamental of every human right principle. In 2011, when General Buhari lost his third series of general election, our able bodied and talented Youth Corpers, in services of the nation, were slaughtered by supporters of the people's general - almajiris. Throughout this spontaneous act of sheer wickedness and barbarism, not once did the general call them to order; not once did he tell his supporters that they are not acting on his behalf. The general kept mute, obviously pleased with what his supporter did in his name (and hoping it spiral out of control). Thankfully it never did.

Not long ago, the unrepentant general threatened again that “the dogs and the baboons will be soaked in blood” should another humiliating electoral defeat befall him. Nairalanders, let’s save our Youth Corpers, let’s save our friends and family, let avoid this ominous threat altogether by voting the General, else his almajiris, now evolved and more organised with choice weapons, will slaughter all the “dogs and baboons!”

3. To help avenge the death of Buhari’s people killed by JTF
At the height of the Boko Haram murderous saga, the JTF acting in the interest of Nigeria, and while performing their duties, gave Boko haram members a taste of their own medicine by returning fire for fire. As the casualty mounts, General Buhari was famously quoted to have insinuated that the JTF are killing “his people”, instead of inviting them to Aso Rock for dialogue. Equating the murderous and barbaric Boko haram hordes (his people) to the Niger Delta Militants, Buhari was of the opinion that the JFT should stop killing them, rather we should pay them off (amnesty package) for killing Nigerians. A similar debt is said to be owned by the good people Oyo. El Rufia, his party member, reminded us that such deaths are debts which will be paid, even if it takes a hundred years. Gentlemen and ladies, shouldn’t we vote this man in so that our debts are quickly paid and forgotten?

4. Gen Buhari is original “Born to Rule”
Let’s face fact, unless you are Fulani muslim, you are not born to rule, and MUST NEVER rule. If you do, it must be under specific terms and conditionS. Even if you are voted in, you are either a puppet or just a temporary occupant. Buhari fits the profile: He is a Fulani Muslim; a special stock, a descendant of the great Uthman Dan Fodio, conqueror of Hausa, scourge of Ilorin, owner of Nigeria, the prima dona of Born to Rule. Nigeria, according to Ahmadu Bello, is the estate of Uthman Dan Fodio. Who better continue this storied lagacy than General Buhari himself, a true descendant of Uthman Dan Fodio?

5. Buhari has no property; no house (maybe like our current President – no shoes)
Buhari has no house, no property at all (since Nigeria belongs to his great grandfather perhaps). This according to his supporters is the acme of incorrigibility. I don’t know if Buhari’s parents grew up in the streets, and had no houses/properties – not even cows. If they did have any of those, they must be corrupt; they and other Nigerians who own houses are only able to do so because they are corrupt! If Buhari could work, and earn salaries all these years, yet unable to own a home or two, therefore any Nigerian who earned salaries of equal amount as Buhari but manage to own property or two must have corruptly enriched himself. Buhari’s lack of properties has nothing to do with his inability to think, forecast, plan, and execute, he couldn’t own a house because only corrupt people do. Let’s vote Buhari because he has no house, no property (perhaps no shoes too).

6. Buhari will “fight” corruption
Buhari will fight corruption they continue tell us. But no one seems to tell us how! Fortunately, history tells us how Buhari did it the first time out. After successfully (some say cowardly) benefiting from the coup plot that ousted Shagari ‘corrupt’ regime, Buhari placed President Shagari under house arrest, while Ekwueme the VP was bundled into prison. Buhari threw Fela Anikulapo Kuti into prison for possession of foreign currency (Fela had just returned from performing abroad, the poor fella didn’t know a decree has been passed prohibiting holding foreign currency). Meanwhile in the same era 53 suitcases containing some $700M was smuggled into the country by Emir of Gwando, the father of Buhari’s ADC. While Fela languished in detention, the Emir, a well connected “born to rule”, was given a pass! Let’s not forget banning of press freedom (decree 4) and the botched attempt to smuggle a fugitive from the UK by the Buhari’s regime. That is how Buhari fought corruption; wouldn’t we rather go back to this ‘wonderful’ era by voting him?

7. To enlarge Tinubu's empire
The say Buhari is poor, and has no property anywhere in the country (they must really pay peanuts in the military for someone to be unable to save, buy a land, and build a three bedroom apartment after working for decades, either that or the individual has no vision). Since Buhari has no need for material acquisition, but has chosen one of the most avaricious as his backbone and sponsor, isn’t it clear who stands to benefit from the contract? Let’s vote Buhari, and expand Tinubu’s empire from Lagos to beyond!

8. To continue the population lie
A major event in 2016 (a year after the election) is the National Population Census. The stakes are high as evident from the drama and rhetoric. Only in Nigeria is the Sahel savanna region more populated than tropical region, citerus paribus. The fellow who stated he will demystify this myth by not counting cows and goats in the core North as people has already lost his job. Knowing how things work in Nigeria, we can continue with this lie, by voting the People’s General – Gen Muhammad Buhari!

9. To maintain oil block status quo
We know how the oil blocks ownerships are skewed against resources owner, while abundant solid minerals littering other enclaves are rarely stated in the equation, let alone exploited federally. The oil blocks are due for renewal by 2015 and beyond. We can continue to cheat the South and maintain the status quo by voting Buhari! Least we forget, these oil blocks are spoils of war, and payment to the Northern elite for the liberation of Niger Delta from Biafran force. (abi no be so?)


10. To save Buhari's Bank manager
At the basic human level, I really sympathize with Buhari’s bank manager (if Buhari N27M loan claim is anything to go by.) Sanusi spent most of his tenure as central bank governor, hounding bankers for granting loans to you and I to invest in capital market, with the certificate as collateral. If that is considered criminal, how much more granting unsecured loan of such magnitude to Buhari? Or didn’t the bank manager read severally that Buhari has no properties, hence nothing of value to use as security/collateral! I didn’t even know that bank managers can grant a loan of such magnitude on the spot. Someone please tell me the bank and branch. I smell fraud! I am sure the bank manager is being grilled by bank’s credit committee even as we speak, but he could become the finance minister if we all vote Buhari!


I know there are several other reason to 'vote' buhari, but these are my top 10. Let's hear yours.

https://www.nairaland.com/1957053/10-powerful-reasons-vote-general

Please ignore this thread because cramjones AkA Hell- Rufai is seeking front page .

Leo001:
my take is that! if you have rule this county once in ur life don't come back again! we can't be saying we are going forward, when indeed we are still looking back to GMB. APC should bring out Fresh vibrant and Purposeful leader, not those we learnt of while we were still kids.!

But Jonathan has also ruled this country once in his life na, so why you wanting to vote him back?
In fact Jonathan has ruled for longer than Buhari did, and has performed far worse, so what is your argument?

I like this old troll

#GMB2015 a dream of new Nigeria begins.

Leo001:
my take is that! if you have rule this county once in ur life don't come back again! we can't be saying we are going forward, when indeed we are still looking back to GMB. APC should bring out Fresh vibrant and Purposeful leader, not those we learnt of while we were still kids.!

what about pdp bringing back gej?

Voting my General,...... Whether they like it or not GMB2015 operation sweep!!!!

I am actually tired of Nigerian Politics.
The hearsays...
The propagandas...
The lies...
The betrayal...
The greediness...
I am tired of hypocrites... The recycled politicians and old cargos.
I am tired of reading histories that were made up by who knows who.
I am tired of politics and it's tactics. The bloodshed, ethnic bias and religious intolerance.

I don't even know what to believe anymore.
Sometimes I almost want to believe that a non performing government is performing when I see ducky heads blindly following some of these people and claiming they are God sent or rather the best thing that has happened to Nigeria.

It makes me look at the bad roads in my area and think oh well, GEJ is trying.
The unemployment situation is becoming alarming yet they say millions of jobs have been created.

A politician holding Lagos state to ransom. I am really confused right now and I may eventually not vote for anyone.
Leaving it to fate.

Edit:
cramjones is a name on NairaLand I have come across several times and which for no just reason seem petty, pretense and full of lies but lately, I find myself wanting to be his friend just because of his writing prowess. He seem not a lazy person, highly intelligent and fun to be with. A rare combination. cramjones, who are you?

Cramjones why is it that your game always turn against you, why is it that when you open thread you get riddicled upon.

calebo101:
We know paid agents when we see them!

They are online 24/7 and even monitor Nairaland more than the owner.

They open different topics on how Jonathan slept with their mother, et al, undecided

They have different monikers

On Sundays they come online in their different formats and claim to be Christians with their family

They urge us to vote a 70 something year old dictator as the ruler of Nigeria, a nation of above 70 million youths...

We know them from their tone and how they stoutly defend their paymasters.

Some of them bear Ibo names but they are core Fulani/Hausa..

They see everything wrong with development as long as its Jonathan's Government...

They are known Boko Haram sympathizers

They plan to Islamise Nigeria by all means possible and return power back to the North

We know them and we know their evil plans.

So how much did GEJ pay you for this?

@ chylo and safari29, Am not advocating that GEJ is the best here! what am saying here is that there is no future in the past! Even looking at your arguments in our history this is the first time we and our Children are hearing of GEJ and constitution gave him right of second term, PDP say they are OK with their man. But we APC say we will fight corruption when actually we are sowing seed of corruption when we sold mere form for 27m and GMD has to take loan a buy it. so tell me where is he going to get the money to pay back the loan that will be run with 22% interest. secondly if a young man that will have lead this country well, because of 27m can't contest election, if he so want it, stealing will be the next alternative. So please our party is killing the future.

If you want to know more about cramjones
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29237507

NairaMode:
I am actually tired of Nigerian Politics.
The hearsays...
The propagandas...
The lies...
The betrayal...
The greediness...
I am tired of hypocrites... The recycled politicians and old cargos.
I am tired of reading histories that were made up by who knows who.
I am tired of politics and it's tactics. The bloodshed, ethnic bias and religious intolerance.

I don't even know what to believe anymore.
Sometimes I almost want to believe that a non performing government is performing when I see ducky heads blindly following some of these people and claiming they are God sent or rather the best thing that has happened to Nigeria.

It makes me look at the bad roads in my area and think oh well, GEJ is trying.
The unemployment situation is becoming alarming yet they say millions of jobs have been created.

A politician holding Lagos state to ransom. I am really confused right now and I may eventually not vote for anyone.
Leaving it to fate.

Edit:
cramjones is a name on NairaLand I have come across several times and which for no just reason seem petty, pretense and full of lies but lately, I find myself wanting to be his friend just because of his writing prowess. He seem not a lazy person, highly intelligent and fun to be with. A rare combination. cramjones, who are you?

if you want to know more about cramjones
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29237507

Cramjones factor in this reason why he must be voted

Why is General Mohammed Buhari (rtd) wasting his time, energy and resources to contest for the post of the Presidency? The candid truth is that GMB will break his own record this time around by losing woefully to the PDP. Let me explain my reasons,

South South; Even a minor in that region knows that GMB will not get up to 5% of all the votes that will be cast in the 6 states of that region. Forget about that noise maker call Ameachi.

South East: I don't need to waste time here because even GMB knows that this is a no go area for him. The Igbo's are ready to vote a Osama bin laden than to vote a GMB.

South west: The election in Ekiti and Osun states should tell APC that they don't have any upper hand in the south west. Although PDP lost Osun election, but many Nigeria political analyst still saw it as a very big victory for PDP, because they lost with a very minute margin. Secondly, it's no more a news that the Ondo State governor is now a proud PDP member and whether we like it or not the governor of any state has a significant influence on the outcome of any election of that state. With the population of south easterners and south south in Lagos state and many yorubas who see the northerns as too desperate for power, it will be almost impossible for Lagos to fall into the hands of APC. As for Oyo and Ogun states, pundit still have it that GEJ will win GMB any day any time!

Middle belt: With the advent of boko haram and the killings of many indigenous people of this religion by the islamic group, we all know that it is almost impossible to convince a birom, angas, eggon, gbagi, southern kaduna, okun's etc to vote any hausa/fullani man. Many people of this region are already saying that it's only during election that the hausa fullani man see them as northerns. GEJ lead administration might not have fulfill most of his promises made to the middle belt people they will still vote for him for two reason: 1. Religion sentiment 2. To punish the hausa fullani people for attacking and killing them almost on a daily basis. The candid truth is that GMB will lose about 80% votes of this region.

North West: This is the only region GMB is almost certain to get about 90% votes from. So no "dogo turenchi here" GEJ will lose this region woefully because even if some PDP big shoot like Governor Shema of kastina, Mallam Ibrahim shekarau etc try to influence the vote from this region, it will be vehemently rejected!

North East: This is the only region I see GMB and GEJ sharing 50/50 votes. This is another region where voting base on sentiment will take place. GMB should better forget state like Taraba and Adamawa and GEJ should not dream of winning state like Maidugury and Bauchi. Gombe state will be share 50/50 between them.

All this will happen if and only if GMB triumph over men of timber and caliber like Atiku, Kwankwaso, Sam Nda Isaiah etc who are also vying for the Presidential tickets of the APC.

Am wishing all of the contestants Goodluck!!!

Source Facebook opinion

2cato:
if you want to know more about cramjones
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29237507

Okay thanks.
Let me go through.

I am still wondering how Buhari can fight against corruption when he rubs shoulders with Tinubu the "owner" of lagos

calebo101:
We know paid agents when we see them!

They are online 24/7 and even monitor Nairaland more than the owner.

They open different topics on how Jonathan slept with their mother, et al, undecided

They have different monikers

On Sundays they come online in their different formats and claim to be Christians with their family

They urge us to vote a 70 something year old dictator as the ruler of Nigeria, a nation of above 70 million youths...

We know them from their tone and how they stoutly defend their paymasters.

Some of them bear Ibo names but they are core Fulani/Hausa..

They see everything wrong with development as long as its Jonathan's Government...

They are known Boko Haram sympathizers

They plan to Islamise Nigeria by all means possible and return power back to the North

We know them and we know their evil plans.

see anoda fool in makin

Your head dey there bros.

NairaMode:
I am actually tired of Nigerian Politics.
The hearsays...
The propagandas...
The lies...
The betrayal...
The greediness...
I am tired of hypocrites... The recycled politicians and old cargos.
I am tired of reading histories that were made up by who knows who.
I am tired of politics and it's tactics. The bloodshed, ethnic bias and religious intolerance.

I don't even know what to believe anymore.
Sometimes I almost want to believe that a non performing government is performing when I see ducky heads blindly following some of these people and claiming they are God sent or rather the best thing that has happened to Nigeria.

It makes me look at the bad roads in my area and think oh well, GEJ is trying.
The unemployment situation is becoming alarming yet they say millions of jobs have been created.

A politician holding Lagos state to ransom. I am really confused right now and I may eventually not vote for anyone.
Leaving it to fate.

Edit:
cramjones is a name on NairaLand I have come across several times and which for no just reason seem petty, pretense and full of lies but lately, I find myself wanting to be his friend just because of his writing prowess. He seem not a lazy person, highly intelligent and fun to be with. A rare combination. cramjones, who are you?

Cramjones is a Naialand political clown/jester who should be listened to only for entertainment purposes

Unekz:
see anoda fool in makin

Wasted soul.

wanimo:
Cramjones is a Naialand political clown/jester who should be listened to only for entertainment purposes

Seriously?
Lol