GMB - A Muslim and also a Northerner The Northerners should be proud to finally find a northerner like Buhari. Yes, Buhari is a devoted Muslim, but that does not make him a Cannibalistic Jihadist for those who can read between the lines. So also being a Muslim should not be a disqualifier for General Buhari, who was not more Muslim than Murtala Mohammed, the best northerner to ever rule Nigeria. Shehu Shagari was a Muslim, and so was Umaru YarAdua. They were all gentlemen who loved Nigeria with a passion. M.K.O was a devoted Muslim, but that did not stop him from winning the best election in Nigeria. Nigerian Christians in the South should not be deceived to believe that Buhari should not be elected because he is a Muslim. Some of the best Yoruba and Hausa Fulani leaders were Muslims, but they turn out to be credible and benevolent leaders; Alhaji Adegbenro was one such Muslims under the Awolowo regime. So were Governors Tinubu and Fashola and even Governor Mimiko of Ondo State before his somersault. Lam Adesina was a Muslim. There were good and bad Muslims just like there were good and bad Christians. The most respected Yoruba traditional rulers today include Alhaji Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebu Ode, Oba Rilwanu Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos, “Iku Baba Yeye” Lamidi Adeyemi the Third, the great Alaafin of Oyo is a Muslim and a respectable one at that not to talk of the current Sultan of Sokoto and the Shehun of Borno talk less of Tor Tiv and many powerful Emirs like the new Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, the former Governor of the Nigerian Central Bank. Who says Muslims are not decent and credible Nigerians? Tafawa Balewa, the first Prime Minister of Nigeria, was a Muslim. The Sardauna of Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello, and Sir Kashim Ibrahim as the first civilian Governor of Northern Nigeria were all credible and reputable Muslims. Abdul Azeez Attah, the son of Ohinoyi, the Attah of Igbira Land was a distinguished Permanent Secretary in the Federal Service, and so was Ahmed Joda from Girei in Adamawa State. Therefore, Nigerians should vote for Buhari not based on his religion but for his integrity and credibility as a public official and a former Head of State who has served the nation with distinction in every position he has held long before Jonathan ever emerged from the South/South as a public figure. We must never forget that. Now that America and much of the West have discovered and are working very hard to create and develop alternate sources of energy, Nigerians may sooner or later have to drink our oil as demand falls and as prices of oil take a nose dive in the international market. #Culled
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:12:49 +0000
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