A former head of state and a chief of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Peoples Democratic Party, to retract its wild accusation linking him with the Boko Haram terrorist acts, tender an unreserved public apology to him or face a legal action.
In a statement personally signed in Kaduna on Thursday Buhari said, "I cannot sit back and allow my image, and that of my political party be smeared by falsehood in the name of politics."
He said the widely publicised and very serious allegations made against him by the PDP and its spokesman, Olisa Metuh, to the effect that his utterances were responsible for the current state of insecurity and terrorism bedeviling Nigeria, were absolutely without basis.
The former Head of State said, "To support his claim, Metuh engaged in twisted logic and outright distortion – which he called facts – in which he said that I, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, beckoned on my 'supporters to go on lynching spree' should I lose the 2011 presidential election, as a result of which 'an unprecedented violence broke out claiming the lives of hundreds of innocent people'.
"I take very serious exception to this grave accusation against me by the PDP Publicity Secretary. It is a false allegation aimed at tarnishing my image and reputation in the hope of destroying my political and electoral standings, and that of my party, the APC, in the country.
"Firstly, it is public knowledge that Boko Haram as a terror organisation long preceded the 2011 presidential elections. My utterances or lack of them on the 2011 presidential election could not therefore have created nor sustained the Boko Haram insurgency.
"Secondly, the PDP Government of President Goodluck Jonathan constituted the Sheikh Ahmed Lemu Panel of Inquiry to investigate and report on the post-election violence in some parts of the country. The panel discharged its duties within its terms of reference and submitted its Report to the President. This Report was accepted by government and a Whitepaper issued.
"Nowhere in that Report, a product of thorough investigation of that unfortunate incident, was I mentioned in the remotest way to have uttered a word or acted in any form or manner that sparked off the violence. If I had, certainly that investigation would have uncovered it. The truth is that I had not.
"Thirdly, 2011 was not the first time I contested a presidential election and was declared defeated, it was the third! If I had had no cause to 'beckon on my supporters to go on lynching spree' in the two previous occasions, I would have had no cause to change in 2011 – and I did not."
The APC chief said the PDP National Publicity Secretary also deliberately misquoted the interview he gave in Hausa on May 14, 2012 in which he said the opposition was determined to fight in the 2015 elections.
Buhari added, "I used the Hausa idiom 'Kare jini, Biri jini', which is a metaphor for a very tough fight. But, like the Islamic fundamentalist toga they falsely put on me because they cannot impinge on my personal and professional integrity, PDP apologists deliberately twisted this idiom to mean I called for violence.
"I am not a violent person and, other than my professional calling as a soldier, I have never associated with violence, I abhor violence and have never advocated it. I have always been a law abiding person, who insists on due process and the rule of law in all my private and public affairs.
"It is therefore a grave infraction to my person, personality and integrity that such a false and malicious accusation is being leveled against me by the PDP. This is a dangerous politics by the ruling party and it must stop forthwith."
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very wise move general. Public apology or prosecution. PDP are so desperate to cling to power that they don't give a hoot about what happens to Nigerians and Nigeria. We know you as a man of your words and we count on you to pursue this matter to its logical conclusion. As you chew the pebble all the peas and nuts will fear and stop this Zionist politics that has become our bane.
ReplyDeleteEya dey wan spoil ur presidential ambition. No need to talk, we know all of una and nobody go fool us again. Pls general don't waste ur time and strenght for litigation. No be PDP go tell us the kind person u be. We know already and come 2015, we go vote wisely.
ReplyDeleteBuhari ride on, the majority of Nigerians that knows you are very much behind you. We are just waiting for you to get there and send them to where they (the thieves) belong (prison) just as you did to Jim Nwobodo (pancake governor), Onabanjo, Ambrose Ali and the likes. Do not be afraid, cause the fear of Buhari is the beginning of the fear of the stupid politician.
ReplyDeleteFools lie...Buhari shld jst enjy his pension and leave Nigeria abeg..words make or break..his words have chosen to break bt he will fail as usual!
ReplyDeletehaha kare jinni, biri jini only you our general knows how to talk to does who are only your subjects .......what about other people who where kill that do not speak the same language with you after your inflammatory words remember other election that has past b/4 2011 you did not said such words as former leader lose words are not good subjects & terrorist used such words to do any thing and the public will be pointing at you
ReplyDeletekindly 4 d sake of Allah pursue dis to a logical end so as 2 clear d mind of ur suporters dat u ar nt a terrorist.
ReplyDeletebuhari, u a boko haram, former boko haram haliru sani confessed that u ar d boko haram leader. we the northern xtians has never voted for u and will never vote for u, u are a muderer , u invented the terrorist to fight the Christians in other to islamise nigeria, have u forgotten that boko haramist said that d only way to stop them from killing is for Jonathan to resign as a president and let buhari become the president? u see? DAT is one of the proof , when Jonathan want to dialogue with the terrorist they said u buhari is the to dialogue on their behalf. so this proves all so that u buhari is one them, when Jonathan decleard state of emergency on the affected states, u buhari lambasted, why? bcoz ur members will be killed.u cnt fool us, u are a boko haram.
ReplyDeletebuhari is looking for a way to loot the Nigerian economy bt we will not allow him. let him go and manage his pension bcoz u will not rule us again, u are a religious bigot, a terrorist and boko haram.
ReplyDeleteu buhari cannot run away from d boko haram tag on u cos u promise nigerians blood shd u loss in 2011 n now d baboons n d monkey as u called us are now bathing in them blood. as long as u exist u cannot n will never disconnect urself 4m BH so also any organisation u associate urself with. i pity any party be it APC,PDP or even God's own party that fields u as their presidential candidate cos sincerely it will loss d election even b4 it starts.
ReplyDeleteEverybody knows that Buhari and Atiku r sponsoring them. Pregnancy is never covered. It must expose itself.
ReplyDeleteBuhari,d northern xtians kno ur wickednes.unles u reconcil wit us, hmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteThe bible say u shall know d tuth and truth shall set u free, the statement credited 2 general M.B during 2011 general election lead 2 d death of our youth corp member while serving dir fathers land,osun state is not left out in dis unfourtunate incident,the peoples of gbongan in Ayedade local govt will not forgive u. Purposely b/c of u G .M .B it is only a fool dat will vote 4 ur party.
ReplyDeleteThe bible say u shall know d tuth and truth shall set u free, the statement credited 2 general M.B during 2011 general election lead 2 d death of our youth corp member while serving dir fathers land,osun state is not left out in dis unfourtunate incident,the peoples of gbongan in Ayedade local govt will not forgive u. Purposely b/c of u G .M .B it is only a fool dat will vote 4 ur party.
ReplyDeletevery many senseless comment, he has given the FG the go ahead to prosecute him if the truely have facts. so unfortunate the educated illiterate can think anymore because of religion and ethnic sentinments. this country is doomed if we continue thid way. FG prosecute Buhari if you have case if not apologize. Gej govt is full of fabricators n liars.
ReplyDeleteWhether pdp like it not they will never rule us again what know is 2 put blame on somebody after their know that they have fail us barawo petty we need change in our country eg check out lagos
ReplyDeleteWhether pdp like it not they will never rule us again what know is 2 put blame on somebody after their know that they have fail us barawo petty we need change in our country eg check out lagos
ReplyDeleteOnly a fool will believe such a baseless and clueless allegation by some confussed, unfocus and unserious “fools“ that parade and call themself leaders, it‘s obvious gej and his cabinets members are cowards, if not, why accused a man of such a grievious offence and with all the security aparatus at thier disposal yet they couldn‘t summon the courage to arrest him but rather make unmeaninful and unresonable noise around just to tarnish the Gentle Man‘s good image all in the name of politic. It‘s really unfortunate and a pity to entrust the affiars of a country like Nigeria into the hands of such a “weak, unserious and irresponsible“ people who only care much for thier desires and personal “ego“ and careless for the mases. It‘s INDEED a pity!
ReplyDeleteIt shows the quality of those leading us my brother. All talk no action. They have all the instruments of power. Let them go ahead and prosecute him if they have the slightest of evidence.
DeletePls and pls.I am one Malam ibrahim's shekarau supporter and joined him in PDP but still Gen. Buhari is one of the best product nigeria produced, and i believe levelling this allegation against his person is uncalled for, he can never be a party to an ungodly behavior but one thing i knew of him is that all those arround him are criminals, looters, self centered people who uses him to achieve their aim. People like Atiku, Kwankwaso, Goje Tinibu El Rufai and to mentioned only but a few are all pretenders, decieving northern youths all for their selfish interest. Almighty Allah will exposed in sha Allah.
ReplyDeleteYou fools and brainless idiots accusing the general, it is quite obvious you and your generations are all going to suffer till death. What is your proof linking this man to boko haram? If you've got any, come forth with it. The truth which your small brains cannot accept is that boko haram is controlled by the PDP or how else would you explain the inability of this present government to expose the financiers of the terrorist group with the huge number of suspects in their hold? Or would you tell me our security agents don't know how to torture and get information from these suspects? Of course they do. But because they are being controlled by those still in power, absolutely nothing can be done about it and innocent lives keep wasting. I ask you to wait till PDP is voted out of power come 201d, then you will know clearly those who control boko haram. As far as I can see, Buhari is still the most responsible and disciplined leader Nigeria really need. I rest my case.
ReplyDelete@onasco asari if u pray buhari should become the president @ the age of 70yrs plus add 8YRS that means he wl enjoy ur own personal life with his own may be God has assign it for u to be president buhari wl now enjoy it u wl now become useless ur young generation wl now useless think bf u coment all this people did not wish this country well they were fighting for there own pocket not for the massess....buhari shld go nd buried his head somewhere....idiot old fool with his insane supporters
ReplyDeleteBros Bubari u are boko. Keep shut. Go and be ur village president. U said u will not make Nigeria governable 4 bros Jona. 'A whole general' nd it come to pass. God purnish u with ur useless ambition.
ReplyDeleteas old as you are,you will remain a fool
ReplyDeleteGod forbid that I will ever VOTE for Buhari, he is coming for revenge not to rule.
ReplyDeleteI am Ibo and Christian and a staunch supporter of Buhari, because I have the intelligence (note that education does not grant one this privilege) to differentiate between those who should not lead this nation and those who would be great leaders. The fear of our kleptomaniac politicians is what is leading to these accusations against a principled man. The Ibo who swallow this propaganda 'hook, line and sinker' and make such ridiculous comments are the ones who continue to make us hated by the rest of Nigeria. What do we have to fear? We have tried the crooks and it gas not worked - let us then try this man that the crooks have berated - you wonder why?
ReplyDeleteFor GOD sake what all dis old men are still looking 4,there is a saying dat say children are the leader of 2moro. When will dis children start becoming that leader pls old men stop dragging with ur children go and relax and enjoy our money
ReplyDeleteFor GOD sake what all dis old men are still looking 4,there is a saying dat say children are the leader of 2moro. When will dis children start becoming that leader pls old men stop dragging with ur children go and relax and enjoy our money
ReplyDeletewe all know what our country Nigeria is passing through at this stage so let we the Nigerians stop deceiving our selves by pretending as if we don't know what is going on.the truth is that no matter how long we try to hide M.B he is still the leader of book haram,and how does he think that he is going to win the 2015 election after the killing of innocent souls and most especially the Christian..its only allah that is going to judge him for all his wicked acts and he will never know peace.
ReplyDeleteAside frm Zeek of Africa, Sadauna of Sokoto nd Awo. Every other leader till present has been problem 2 Nigeria nd Nigerians as a whole. They've behaved like a Prodigal Son in their Fatherland nd sold out their degnity for cheap money. Why blame anyone? Men u all owe dis Country an apology before d whole world. We re all fed up of u. U've turned dis country 2 deen of rubbers nd manslaughters. You cannot escape frm dis punishment whether today or tomorrow God knows. Thank you Sirs
ReplyDeleteDid you not see the interview where the saduana preached hatred against a major tribe in Nigeria? Do you know the genocidal role awo played during the war? Why call them national leaders? Nigeria is only praised by those looting it. The country does not exist in anybodies heart and is the cause of suffering for millions of people and an epic disappointment the black race and humanity
DeleteBuhari we nigerian that listen to ur campaign in 2011 are still alive. The issue of BH been tied to u-Buhari is not by mistake. So many evidences are availbe at our finger tips. We are only taken u by ur word. Remember that u said if u didn't win in 2011 election that u will make the country UNGOVERNABLE for Goodluk also sometimes in 2013 or so u also said promise BLOOD BATH. Where are we today? Buhari, u kno the source and origin of BOKOHARAM
ReplyDeleteNigerians for God sake.if an armed robber enter your house,steal your money,rape your wife and your children even in your prescence.when our late president umaru confess b4 a whole world that buhari mandate was rigged in his favour,if it were you i know you will be happy, laughing around the world.
ReplyDeleteNigerians for God sake.if an armed robber enter your house,steal your money,rape your wife and your children even in your prescence.when our late president umaru confess b4 a whole world that buhari mandate was rigged in his favour,if it were you i know you will be happy, laughing around the world.
ReplyDeleteBuhari, Nigerian are taken u by ur word since 2011 general election beginning frm campaign till date
ReplyDeleteMallam BH! How many times have U CONDEMN the senseless act of Ur tool BH? U and Ur CROOKS infested APC are quick to condemn GEJ & PDP but, very very SLOW to condemn these ISLAMISTS. So whetther, U, Ur brothers-ISLAMISTS & KANO LGA accept or not Ur are a MAJOR SPONSOR of BH. MUMU!
ReplyDeletebuhari, don't try to corner us because we will not be cornerd. we know u, bad man, boko haram.
ReplyDeleteBuhari,You may be good or even better than people say u are,but you old cargoes must give a chance to d new generation to build their own world. With all you old generation politicians hovering all over the place,where lies the hope for our future? Any political party that fields new generation politicians will have my vote. To hell with all you old cargoes! Come on my fellow Nigerians, let's take our future in our hands. Shine your eyes this time. Say no to all these old politicians, we're tired of them kicking us around like football . GIVE THE YOUTHS A CHANCE. THE SAME SET OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE INDEPENDENCE. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
ReplyDeleteI wish them the fate that befell on victims of Boko Haram.
ReplyDeleteI wish them the fate that befell on victims of Boko Haram.
ReplyDeletean idiot made mention of REVENGE AND RULE. Chek meanings of words b4 u use it. What is he going to reveng for.
ReplyDeleteBuhari have never been a bad man if you can remember when he was a head of state in early 80's.nigerian think.
ReplyDeleteLet Buhari go and sit down. What does he want to do now that he did not do the last time he was president? Give the youth a chance because you Old Politicians have failed us. All we hear are tales of looting, corruption and bloodbath. We have had enough!
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