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