Buhari is not a bigot –Prof Bashir, Dalong. Former Director of Studies National Institute for Policyand Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru Professor Bashir Ibrahim and member of the Arewa Consultative Forum Barrister Solomon Dalong at the weekend challengedthose calling General Muhammadu Buhari a religious bigot to buttress their allegations with facts. Professor Ibrahim, who presented a paper titled ‘General Buhari Yesterday, Today in the Nigerian Context,’ organized by the General Muhammadu Buhari Concern Supporters Forum in Jos, said “the president of CAN who derives pleasure in castigating Buhari purely on this religious bigotry should be asked this question since he was old enough to know what Buhari was when he was Governor of Borno State, asMinister of Petroleum, Head of State and Chairman of the PetroleumTrust Fund”. He described corruption and impunity as the bane of Nigeria’s retrogression which he said led to the emergence of insecurity and the evolution of deadly groups such as MASSOB, OPC, MEND and Boko Haram. “General Buhari is an epitome of discipline, patriotism, integrity and transparency. I am not saying he is the only person that can do the work but I am saying he is the only person that I know can do it”, he said. Barrister Solomon Dalong, while presenting a paper on ‘Religion and Politics in Nigerian Political Context’, reminded those calling General Buhari a religious bigot to fear the judgment day where they will be faced with the herculean task of defending their assumptions. Dalong argued that religion is presently the only tool that politicians use to win elections and blamed the leadership of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Sani Yarima, for orchestrating the politics ofreligion in the country. He then urged General Buhari to be wary of traitors around him who are trying to tarnish his image, adding that “those same people are the ones who trampled upon the chances of CPC in the past”. -CULLED FROM DAILY TRUST
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:57:24 +0000
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