President Muhammadu Buhari has
condemned the attitude of some Nigerians who hide under the guise of ethnicity
and religion to perpetrate injustice.
Buhari said this when he hosted
the staff who worked with him during his tenure as military head of state
between 1984 and 1985.
Buhari said using religion and
ethnicity as smokescreen “is just corruption, pure and simple”.
He said those who ruled against
him at the courts in 2003, 2007, and 2011 election tribunals were Muslims from
the north but those who defended him were Christians from the south.
“My lawyer, Mike Ahamba, was
Roman Catholic and an Ibo man. My first witness was in the box. Ahamba said he
needed the register of voters in certain constituencies and states to prove
that votes were just allocated, and not true reflection of what existed in the
constituencies. He asked them to record his request and sign. They did so.
“When they came to give judgment
later, the matter was not mentioned at all. In the panel was another Roman
Catholic and Ibo, who raised his hand and said, this is what Buhari’s lawyer
had said. Did we write to those constituencies and states to submit the
register? If so, why is it not in the judgment? They just shut him up. He had
to write a minority judgment. Of course, he’s now our Ambassador in United
States of America.
“I petitioned the Supreme Court.
Who was the Chief Justice? A Muslim, probably a Fulani, from Zaria. After 27
months, we went. Ahamba addressed the court for 2 hours and 45 minutes. They
went in, came out after about 45 minutes, and said they were proceeding on
vacation the next day. They were away for three months, making it 30 months in
all. When they came back, they dismissed the case within 45 minutes.
“In 2007, they repeated the same
thing. Who was the Chief Justice? A northerner and Muslim. After 18 months,
they dismissed the case.
“The third time, who was CJ? A
Muslim, Fulani man from Jigawa. After 8 months, he dismissed the case. This
bloody nonsense about Nigeria on ethnicity and religion is just corruption,
pure and simple. Wherever we find ourselves, let’s pray to God that we maintain
our faith. That’s all we have.
“I try to do my best, and pray to
God to help me. May God Almighty give us the ways and means to continue to do
our best for the country. Whatever religion we follow, let’s do it seriously,
as finally, we would appear before God. Whether we believe it or not, it will
happen. So, we better continue to behave ourselves.”
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Wise words from the president
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