Muhammadu Buhari On BBC HardTalk With Stephen Sackur SS: Good day Mr. Buhari, welcome to BBC HardTalk. MB: Thanks Stephen **smiles** SS: Now you have declared to contest again, can we know your agenda Sir? MB: To grab power from PDP SS: I mean, your manifesto Sir? MB: I said to grab power from PDP SS: Ok, how can you improve the economy? MB: I will fight corruption SS: What are your plans for healthcare and education? MB: I will stop corruption SS: Whats your plan for housing and urban development? MB: I will kill corruption SS: How can you fix insecurity, especially Boko Haram? MB: I will murder corruption SS: How can you build roads and upgrade infrastructure? MB: I will finish corruption SS: What are your plans for youths empowerment and agriculture? MB: I will destroy corruption SS: Excuse me Sir, why is your agenda centred on corruption alone? MB: It’s because the corruption under Goodluck Jonathan is unprecedented and Im the only person that can end it. SS: Really and you didnt end it during Abachas regime when Nigeria was the most corrupt country in the world in 1997, second most corrupt country in 1996 and third in 1998 according Transparency International Report? You quietly served under that most corrupt government and nobody heard your voice about corruption. MB: **his face changes** I beg your pardon Stephen. Did you bring me here to insult me? Was this what we discussed when you invited me? SS: Mr. Buhari, this is BBC HardTalk - a no-hold barrel interview session. Pls, can you kindly answer my question? MB: I aint gonna answer you (he tries to speak like an American but with Fulani accent) SS: Why Mr. Buhari? MB: Because I wasnt the president then SS: Ok, that reminds me. During your illegitimate regime (1983-85), you jailed the following persons between 70-100 years jail terms even when some of them did nothing: Alex Ekweume, Sam Mbakwe, Ambrose Ali, Emeka Ojukwu, Lateef Jakande, Jim Nwobodo and Fela etc. MB: They were corrupt. That was why I jailed them. SS: What about Ibrahim Awwal - your personal friend and the then governor of Niger state? MB: He was not corrupt SS: Excuse me Sir. Ibrahim Awwal was arrested at Heathrow airport right here in London with £14m. You simply placed him under house arrest for few weeks; the same way you placed Shehu Shagari (the then president) under house arrest, but locked up Alex Ekweme (the VP) in Kirikiri. Why? MB: Aint gonna stay here and listen to this f**king bullshit (still speaking like an American) SS: Mr. Buhari, it seems youre a tribal bigot because its on record that you never jailed corrupt politicians from your region even when they were the most corrupt. ---------------------------------- At this point Buhari couldnt bear it anymore. He got up and grabbed Stephen Sackur on his shirt collar. Met Police invaded the studio and got him arrested. The Police said, do you think here is Nigeria where you threaten dogs and baboon or where you lament that the fight against Boko Haram is war against the north? This is the United Kingdom...youll be jailed for assault! Buhari stops speaking like an American and switches to Hausa language: Don Allah kada ku kurkuku ni. Kamar mayar da ni zuwa Nijeriya. Wani ya kamata don Allah sa ni El-Rufai wayar o.(Please do not jail me. Just send me back to Nigeria. Someone should please get me El-Rufai phone o) LMAO
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:06:59 +0000
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