A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr.
Junaid Mohammed, has exposed alleged cabals and ills in President Muhammadu
Buhari’s government.
The Northern elder statesman has
also accused Buhari of being lopsided in appointments thereby placing his
family members, Mamman Daura’s relatives in ministerial positions and other
appointments.
According to him, Mamman Daura is
the president of cabals in Buhari’s administration
Mohammed in an interview with
Guardian said, “It is so unfortunate that Buhari and the cabals have found
themselves in the same shoes as their predecessors and it will end in tragedy.
“I say so because those urging
them to remain perpetually in power are not doing so because they like them.
And even though Buhari has surrounded himself in a very nepotic way by ensuring
that all the major appointments were given to his in-laws, nephews and cousins,
but I can assure you that when the chips are down, he would be left to cry all
by himself.
“When I started talking about the
cabal over two years ago, many Nigerians, some of them with the best but naive
intentions, thought there was no such thing as cabals. But there is a cabal.
Because Buhari has been out of government for many years, he has not been able
to update his knowledge in terms of development and events in and outside the
country. And because of this and in my own estimation, we now have the least
competent, the most isolated, most divisive and arrogant leader in the history
of Nigeria. And in a country that is so complex and not so cohesive, this is
clearly a disaster, which is where we are heading.
“Right now, nobody doubts that there
is a cabal. The de facto president of the country from May 29, 2015 has been
one joker called Mamman Daura, who was a one-time Managing Director of the
defunct New Nigerian newspapers. He is the head of the cabal and the de-facto
president, because there have been instances when the president would give an
instruction, he would undermine the instruction and nothing would happen. There
have been times policy decisions or appointments would be made and his lackeys
– Abba Kyari, the president’s chief of staff, the former secretary to the
government of the federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal, who was appointed against
all odds, but who remained there because he was in the cabal’s good books, will
tamper with it. We all knew how he diverted donor monies belonging to
international donor agencies, until they told Buhari in no uncertain terms that
he had to be punished. But the others like Mamman Daura and Abba Kyari are
sitting tight and taking decisions for you and me, as well as all Nigerians.
“None of them was elected and
though Kyari has a letter of appointment as chief of staff, Mamman Daura does
not have a single letter indicating that he is whatever he is, but how he came
about exercising such enormous powers is what nobody knows.
“There are ministers who have
been appointed not because they have any qualifications but because they are
related to Buhari. The Aviation minister, Hadi Seriki is his elder sister’s
son. Amina Zakari, who works in the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) representing the seven states of the northwest zone was appointed even
before Buhari came into power through mago mago. It is left to the former
president Goodluck Jonathan to tell us how she became national commissioner in
INEC. Then there is the minister of Interior, Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd.)
who was born and bred in Zaria. Somehow, and in a typical arrogant and abuse of
power, he was turned into a Kano man and given a ministerial appointment, which
constitutionally should have been given to a person who grew up in Kano State.
Yet, Kano is the only political base Buhari has.
“There are several others. The
State House chief of protocol is a son-in-law to Mamman Daura, who is President
Buhari’s nephew. Ordinarily, the position should have been given to a senior ambassador.
The president’s chief personal security officer is Mamman Daura’s younger
brother. Another State personal security officer is another relation of theirs.
The ADC to the president is a son-in-law to them. Do you know that the S.A to
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the S.A to the junior
minister of petroleum resources are Mamman Daura and Buhari’s daughters
respectively?
“This is an update of what I
started saying two years ago. They now have their sons, daughters, sons-in-laws
and nephews as beneficiaries of the appointments made so far. Now, among the
people in the cabal, but very powerful and not known is someone called Tunde,
originally called Sabiu Yusuf. He is the son of Mamman Daura’s immediate
younger sister. He is, today, P.A to the President, even though he has never
worked for one day in his life. But a P.A job is normally the work of a
full-blown director or a permanent secretary. That boy only got married last
year and as I speak to you now, he is one of the billionaires in Nigeria today.
Nobody of his age has the kind of money that boy has. So, can that be
justified?
“If they are going to treat this
country as if it was conquered by them and or by their families, you can
imagine what the picture would look like, if Buhari were to be given a second
term and how they are going to use our resources and how they are going to
abuse power.
“Mamman Daura’s daughter, who is
married to one of the Dantatas, is the S.A to the CBN governor. Then Buhari’s
sister’s son is also an S.A to Kachikwu, the junior minister of petroleum
resources. The chief personal security officer to the president, DCP Abdulkarim
Dauda is Mamman Daura’s younger brother. The chief security officer (CSO) Col
Bashir Abubakar is also married into the family. The State chief of protocol,
Lawal Kazaure, who has not reached the rank of an ambassador, is also married
to Mamman Daura’s eldest daughter. I mentioned earlier that the P.A to the
President, Sabiu Yusuf Tunde, who is in his 20’s, is one of the wealthiest
20-year-olds in Nigeria. He is also the son of Mamman Daura’s immediate younger
sister. She herself is a niece to Buhari. And that is how the country is being
governed.
“The national commissioner at
INEC is Buhari’s niece. In addition, her husband, who used to be a manager in
UBA, died. Now when an opportunity arose, they went and picked the late
husband’s younger brother and made him Director General of the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC). He is Brig Gen Zakari from Kazaure in Jigawa State.
Mohammed further speaking on
clamour for Buhari’s re-election in 2019 said he was not surprised.
“Personally, I am not surprised
that there is clamour for President Muhammadu Buhari to continue and contest in
the 2019 poll. Anyone involved in this country’s politics knows that there is
absolutely nothing new there.
“Every president we’ve had in
this country, every heads of government, as well as heads of state have been
told they were special persons, that nobody else can govern the country, and as
such they should continue, as such without them, the country couldn’t move on.
I am not surprised it is happening to Buhari and I am not surprised he is
putting his personal ambition over and above the country’s interest.
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