Gen Buhari: Man above board Gen Buhari is one man who has lived above board. People freely call him and deservedly too, THE INCORRUPTIBLE. Gen Buhari has held virtually every juicy position in Nigeria at the very top but till today even his worst enemies couldn’t pinpoint even one kobo against him. Nobody has yet come out to accuse Buhari of taking even a kobo that doesn’t belong to him. Buhari was head of state, minister of petroleum resources, governor of Borno state and more recently, the chair of the petroleum trust fund (PTF) which was then the cash pot of the nation. However, there has not been even an allegation of Buhari taking even a dime that is not his. This is remarkable. The Moto of Gen Buhari which he stated was that anything that doesn’t belong to him, he doesn’t need it. This is the man to lead us in the fight against corruption and clear the Aegean stable of corruption created by the PDP in Nigeria. Jonathan is sitting pretty as president while corruption without borders takes over every fabric of Nigeria. PDP has unofficially inserted corruption as a provision of the Nigerian constitution. The fuel subsidy scam involving sons of ex and serving PDP chairmen is a PDP creation to loot the treasury, the Halliburton scam involved PDP chieftains and members/ former chair of the PDP BOT. The pension scam is running into several billions of Naira, the national I.D card scam was created by the PDP, the electricity regulation scam was a PDP affair. The NPA corruption scandal inspired by Bode George was a PDP family affair. Former president Obasanjo during his 8 years misrule (1999 – 2007) has turned the PDP into a high frequency stealing machine yet this shameless man gallivants around the world delivering cynical lectures against corruption. The PDP is using corruption to destroy Nigeria and one man that can fight corruption sincerely, honestly and without fair or favour is Gen Buhari. Age and religion Agents of retrogression in Nigeria who foisted bad leadership on all of us have tried albeit unsuccessfully for more than 30 years to portray Gen Buhari in several images to Nigerians. However, the blackmail against Buhari has only added value to him and strengthen his political profile. The most prominent tool that these agents have tried to use against Buhari is that of branding him a religious fanatic. They even said Buhari will Islamise Nigeria whilst they forget that Nigeria is a secular state. These macabre dancers have imported Islamophobia into Nigeria. Gen Buhari will not attempt to islamise Nigeria and has never said he will islamise Nigeria. Anyone who wants to confirm what Gen Buhari said on this issue can search in Youtube. Gen Buhari will only fight for the less privileged and downtrodden citizesn who have been shortchanged by our socalled leaders. The claim that Buhari is a hardline Muslim has only galvanised more support for him across the length and breadth of Nigeria not only amongst Muslims but Christians as well. Afterall what is wrong with being a good Muslim? Personally, my deep rooted commitment to Buhari is more because he is a committed and practising Muslim. Is it not people with the fear of God that we are interested in to lead us to the Promised Land? The level of corruption foisted on the nation by PDP wouldn’t have been the case if people with the fear of God are leading us. After using religion and failed, the agents of retrogression trying to stop Buhari from being president in 2015 are now using age. They said Buhari will be 73 years old in 2015 and hence too old to be president. But they forgot that age is a state of the mind. Age is just a number. Buhari is as strong and agile as a 40 year old man. I had the rare privilege of meeting this man and I could recall vividly that when he shook my hands, I felt like a 35 year old man has grabbed my hand. I didn’t feel 70 years on that hand. Gen Buhari is athletic and very strong. While we were all sitting down and waiting for him, the agility and sportsmanlike nature with which he came into the room were outstanding. He breathed in with such comportment and courage that you will think this man is another 100 meters champion in the making. I may be in my 30’s but from what I see in Gen Buhari’s body physique and physical ability, if I was to square him up in a boxing contest, I do not think that I will survive the first round. Who is afraid of a Buhari presidency? There are insinuations and sentiments being peddled around that the Nigerian elite is afraid of a Buhari presidency because they will all be made to account for the various atrocities that they visited on the nation. Particularly, people feel that Gen Buhari is going to massively arrest those who stole the nation’s common wealth and put them perpetually in jail. Something that was done when he was head of state in 1983 when some politicians who corruptly enriched themselves with public funds were arrested and jailed for as many as 150 years. People feel that the powers brokers and money bags that control corruption in Nigeria are very uncomfortable with Buhari as president and will do everything possible to stop him. But all these are part of the tools of blackmail that are being used against Buhari as he has never said he will arrest anybody this time round. Times have changed albeit Buhari’s anti corruption stand has not and will never change. We should remember that 1983 is 32 years apart from 2015. Gen Buhari was very clear on the issue of backdating corruption trials and revisiting the old book of corruption and corrupt leaders. What he said was that as a democratically elected president, he is never going to apply the big stick retrogressively. He is never going to go on a spree of arrests and detentions but that anybody who has an ongoing/pending case with the judiciary will have to answer his/her case. This is fair enough. Impliedly, Gen Buhari is not going to do a Jonathan by giving state pardon to convicted criminals who have looted our treasury. DSP Alamieyesegha was arrested, charged by a competent court of law, found guilty and convicted of looting and corruption but President Jonathan pardoned him. Whoever pardons a convicted criminal or looter is not ready to fight corruption and may well be guilty of looting the treasury himself. Gen Buhari cannot start arresting everybody on sight. We should remember that this is democracy not a military regime where there are checks and balances. The doctrine of separation of powers is firmly entrenched in our constitution and all arms of government have a role to play. The executive, legislature and judiciary work together towards a common objective: service to the people. None of these 3 arms of government has the monopoly of power. The legislature makes the laws, the executive puts the laws into practice and the judiciary interprets the laws. Government doesn’t mean only the president as President Jonathan thinks. And come to think of it, Gen Buhari arrested people in 1983 because most of them deserve to be arrested as they have corruptly enriched themselves and turn public funds into their personal property. A Buhari presidency will help the socalled power brokers and money bags because if the level of poverty, deprivation and corruption continues, then the masses will one day rise in full force against these power brokers and leaders which will result in a revolution and anarchy. Gen Buhari can douse that tension by providing good leadership which will give everyone a sense of belonging. My dear Gen Buhari, you are in demand in Nigeria. Nigeria needs you at this time to take us away from the path of disintegration which the PDP has placed us. To fight corruption, ensure economic prosperity, social justice and fair politics for all. Nigeria is today on a free fall under President Jonathan. The average Nigerian lives on less than one dollar per day, Poverty is 86% and rising, infant and maternal mortality rates are rising. Unemployment figures are about 35% and rising and insecurity is everywhere with thousands of innocent lives being killed in Nigeria such that some people are asking the question: Do we REALLY have a government in Nigeria? From Sokoto to Port Harcourt, Maiduguri to Lagos, Adamawa to Abeokuta, Katsina to Umuahia, Kebbi to Yenagoa, every Nigerian is calling for you to contest and win the 2015 presidential election under the APC. All Nigerians call on you to contest and win the 2015 presidential elections. Indeed it is only your candidature that could defeat the PDP in 2015. No retreat, no surrender, no blinking, no turning back until Nigeria is free.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 06:46:52 +0000
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