WHY BUHARI –THE COUP MAKER OF DAUARA CANNOT BE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA. BUHARI SHOULD WITHDRAW FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE By: Idumange John This may well be my last talk on the grubby Buhari phenomenon. Buhari does not belong to this generation; he belongs to the unedifying past It may be the last because there is nothing substantial to talk about Buhari in terms of leadership credentials. True, he might have been recruited into the Nigerian Army on quota basis, but the man Buhari is empty, an indoctrinated man with satanic ambition and like Ronald Reagan said years back, he Buhari represents an access of evil, bloody, incisive and paranoid. He is one man who in the past 31 years twisted the meaning of power to serve his own megalomania and his enclave of corrupt and empire building tendencies. Today, he is a man pursued by the gory shadow of his past misdeeds. They will continue to torment his psyche till he dismantles Boko Haram. It is a truism that Buhari is the Presidential flagbearer of APC even thou he has no certificate. His dossier and hatred for Western Education and affinity with the killer outfit Boko Haram has already disqualified him as a statesman. His hate speeches are even most despicable. All these will combine to make the job of PDP victory much easier. Thirty one Years ago, Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the democratically elected government of President Shehu Aliyu Usman Shagari. As a man socialized in a culture of hard-nosed military rigidity combined with his fundamentalist stance on matters verging on Islam, sharia and secularism, in a democratic system are awful. The job certainly will be easier for President Jonathan and the PDP. APC made mincemeat of its major financier Governor Rotimi Amaechi and Rochas Okorocha the megaphone of Imo State was also pummeled. I am cock sure the occupant of Brick House may also chicken out because of the heavy debt burden, most of which was taken without due process. The anti-graft agencies would frown at such financial impropriety. To the best of my knowledge, Buhari has no ounce of democratic credentials, and for 30 years, he still remains that stale, sterile and obsolete man with no new ideas. Before the unholy matrimony, his CPC has never won any seat outside the core north largely because the CPC lacks national appeal because the man himself does not believe in the unity of the country. Three issues beagle my mind with subtlety. First, if Buhari is the best APC can produce then it demonstrates that APC is really empty. Secondly, it is an indication that the fears of Islamizing Nigeria are more real than imaginary. Thirdly, it is a truism that the APC lacks ideology but most people thought it was not at bad. An ideologically empty political party can offer nothing but Sharia, Islam; lootocracy and disunity. The APC has never discussed good governance. Ordinarily, General Muhammadu Buhari would pass for a man fighting the cause of the down trodden hoi polloi. However behind his populist mien lies the character of a man who is bloody, massively tainted with fundamentalist ideas of the Shiite Islamic variety; a sponsor of a murderous outfit and a man who, when given power would Islamize Nigeria. A tall order indeed Judging by his past atrocities, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari is a man who should be serving time in prison. It is only in a country like Nigeria that criminals can openly claim that they are buying form for such a man to contest. The man’s reputation has been rendered grubby by three main sins. First, Buhari is very corrupt and Nigerians know about his corruption. If you doubt it ask, General IBB. Secondly, Buhari is an Islamic fundamentalist who will stop at nothing in inciting the talakawa and the almajiris to fight a senseless war. With this hubris, the public can better imagine his link with Boko Haram. Of Course, they once nominated him to negotiate for them. The reputation of a fundamentalist has automatically negatived his patriotic zeal and the nationalistic posturing he tries to portray of himself. His hate speeches have betrayed his intentions. His ambition to become President of Nigeria is satanic and selfish. Buhari – the APC Presidential standard bearer is a coup plotter. It was he who overthrew the Civilian administration of Shagari Administration on the 31st of Dec. 1984 and I don’t think he has apologized to Shagari since then. He headed a Petroleum related agency which was found to be corrupt. Since he was overthrown through a palace coup, It is not to my knowledge that Buhari has attended one refresher course. I am not sure Buhari can operate a Computer or the internet for that matter. In this era of globalization, how can such an internet dinosaur lead an enlightened nation of 170 people? Buhari has no ounce of democratic credentials and how can such a man be a leader of democratic institutions? Your guess is as good as mine. Thirdly, in 1983, Buhari plotted a coup and overthrew the democratically elected Shagari administration. That automatically renders him an enemy of democracy. He abruptly brought the Second Republic to an end. A man with such mean character, with no ounce of democratic credentials, cannot aspire to the highest office of the land. He does not have the pedigree, the credentials and the background to administer even a local council under a democratic dispensation. Buhari belongs to the past but Nigerians are looking at the future. Buhari and the baboons he intends to soak in blood shall be weakened, surmounted and totally vanquished. To be contd. Idumange John -----is a Public Intellectual
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:00:13 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015