For those who are absolutely lost concerning this matter or those who are unsure of what the commotion surrounding General Buhari is about or those…… infact i just think a good way to start this post is to first of all state the following:
“Except there is justice in the conduct of the elections, blood will flow because there will be bloodshed between the dogs and the baboons.”
“There is a storm of awareness and God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct free and fair elections or they go a very disgraceful way.”
“Since the leaders now don’t listen to anybody but do whatever they wish, there is nothing the north can do.”
These are statements reported to have been made by Gen. Buhari on Monday. He was also reported to have labelled the Federal Government led by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, as “the biggest Boko Haram”.
A lot of people have responded to these statements including The President Himself. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President of Communications, Dr Reuben Abati, the president described the former head of state’s statement as unfortunate and unbecoming of a former head of state. Below are excerpts from the complete statement:
“But perhaps the most unfortunate part of the statement was the portion in which Buhari said that, “Since the leaders now don’t listen to anybody but do whatever they wish, there is nothing the north can do.”
“We find it very sad that an elder statesman who once presided over the entirety of Nigeria can reduce himself to a regional leader who speaks for only a part of Nigeria.
“Buhari claims that the Federal Government does not listen. Such an accusation ought not to emanate from a man overthrown by his own hand- picked colleagues in the military for refusing to listen to advice and behaving as if he had a monopoly of knowledge.
It is on record that the Federal Government led by President Jonathan is a listening administration hence its decision to pursue all means of resolving the Boko Haram insurgency including through dialogue.
“When Buhari says that “if what happens in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, ‘the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood”, we hereby state that it is Buhari himself who does not listen. He has obviously refused to listen to the Nigerian People, the European Union, the Commonwealth Monitoring Group, the African Union and a multitude of independent electoral monitors who testified that the 2011 elections were free and fair and “the best elections since Nigeria returned to civil rule.”
“Indeed, such a reaction from Buhari is not totally unexpected since he has become a serial election loser who has never taken his past election defeats graciously even when such elections were generally acknowledged to be free and fair.
“Still on the issue of Boko Haram, we wonder what locus a man whose party’s Secretary General, Buba Galadima, told the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in December, 2010, that the Federal Government is underestimating the support base of Boko Haram, has to accuse a government that has been threatened on camera by the leaders of Boko Haram of itself being Boko Haram?
“Finally, we wish to make it known to Buhari that given his reference to “dogs and baboons”, perhaps his best course of action would be to travel to the zoo of his imagination because President Goodluck Jonathan was elected by human beings to preside over human beings and it is human beings who will determine what happens in Nigeria at any material time not “dogs and baboons”.
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Also, Gen. Buhari on Thursday, May 16th, released a statement daring The President. His words: “arrest me if you can”. He said that only those now contemplating to rig the 2015 elections could have been afraid of the threat of a violent response.
Denouncing Buhari’s outbursts, the presidency and the the PDP had described the former head of state as a serial election loser renowned for inciting his supporters to violence and a blood thirsty politician.
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Seen a lot of comments regarding this issue:
Twitter:
@rosanwo – Dear GEJ and PDP, pls ignore Gen. Buhari, hes really old. Rig the 2015 elections, Nigerians are mumus, they will not react.
@ogundamisi – General Obasanjo was in london he spoke about bloody revolution. GEJ did not condemn him. Why? He’s a southern Christian & PDP warlord!
@omojuwa – Bomb blast response average 48 hours/blast | Buhari blast response speed of light/blast. Priorities
@SomiEkhasomhi – So by the grace of #buhari‘s god, the dog and the baboon will be soaked in blood abi? Almighty God forbid.
Facebook:
Ehiemere Emmanuel – The truth is dat buhari wnts 2 become the presido of dis nation b4 he dies bt vry impossible.pple lyk him dat we hv seen dia style of leaderrship hs no place in aso rock.the only pity i hv 4 the north is dai buhari hs destroyd it…shame
Enyinda Nathaniel Okey – Buhari is a war monger. how many Northern states did he win? He only came to power by a forceful military take over. he hates the south with passion, he is a hegemonious religionist. how can such a man ever dream of ruling through the ballot box. he cant even come to the south to campaign. terrible
LoveGod Enyinna – Buhari can Never be the president of Nigeria. Never!!! No HAUSA can be the President of Nigeria come 2015. All these Boko Haram people (Vampires) should go and seat down.
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