You are mentally retarded if you paint BUHARI as saint here! .Why cant we just learn from history? --- Why did buhari interrupted the 2nd Republic? Placed Shagari on house arrest and Jailed or exiled some of his cabinet members including Obafemi Awolowo! Without mixing words,BUhari cannot end the problem he started. The man suspended the constitution he wanna enjoyed now some time ago,he rubbished the democracy he rely upon now. BUHARI’S FIRST SPEECH AFTER THE MILITARY COUP OF 31ST DECEMBER 1983 In pursuance of the primary objective of saving our great nation from total collapse, I, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari of the Nigerian army have, after due consultation amongst the services of the armed forces, been formally invested with the authority of the Head of the Federal Military Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It is with humility and a deep sense of responsibility that I accept this challenge and call to national duty. As you must have heard in the previous announcement, the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1979) has been suspended, except those sections of it which are exempted in the constitution. The important point now is that Buhari’s tenure was too short to quench his appetite for power. And that’s why, even after publicly shedding tears in 2007 and vowing to leave politics, he came back with more doggedness than ever before. While Buhari was the flag bearer of the All Nigeria People’s Party, he had little chance of being elected president. His political fortunes improved somewhat when he bolted from the ANPP to form the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in 2010, but it was not enough to hoist the presidential banner. That’s why Buhari’s claim of being cheated out of the presidency in 2007 and 2011 raised serious questions about his political astuteness. Then Buhari started to push harder for the merger of parties that could challenge the PDP. He must have realised at last that his losses in previous contests had little to do with being rigged out and much to do with his narrow electoral base. Now with the merger of the CPC and the Action Congress of Nigeria and two other parties to form the All Progressives Congress, Buhari has overcome the problem of a narrow base. And for the first time since his overthrow in 1985, he has a better-than-realistic chance of becoming Nigeria’s president. Problem is that while Buhari has solved the problem of his narrow electoral base in terms of party formation, he has not shed his narrow political ideology. Rather than truly reaching out and positioning himself as a healing force in Nigerian politics, he is demonstrating ever so convincingly that he is too provincial to be president. If the APC nominates Buhari for the presidency in 2015, it would be opting witout doubt for someone who is nothing but progressive. And the party is likely to lose the very advantage of its prospective size by the fact that Buhari continues to be divisive and alienating. There is no better evidence of this than his interview with Liberty FM’s Hausa Service Buhari blasted the ongoing military campaign against Boko Haram, claiming that they are getting harsher treatment than the Niger Delta militants. Moreover, he attributed the rise of Islamic militancy to the Niger Delta insurgency. Funny enough,ATIKU ABUBAKAR a aspirant of APC also said this when commenting on Buhari collection of nomination form Our flagbearer must be someone who is a unifier, bridge- builder, and not someone who bears ethno-RELIGIOUS bias. Above all, he must embody a vision of a Nigeria for all.
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:47:23 +0000