The leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has come up with a fresh claim about the
true nationality of President Muhmmadu Buhari.
Kanu, in his broadcast from the
United Kingdom at the weekend, said that neither “dead” Muhammadu Buhari, nor
“his replacement” Jibril al Sudani, is qualified to contest for Nigeria’s
presidential election.
Nnamdi Kanu argued that being
born on Nigerian soil was not enough to qualify one as a Nigerian citizen by
birth, unless the parents, grandparents of such person is also born in Nigeria.
The IPOB leader said that
Buhari’s father, Hardo Adamu, was a nomadic FULANI trader, a duck seller, from
Niger Republic and later became a bodyguard in the Emir of Daura’s palace,
which made him to settle in Daura, Katsina State, adding that he (Hardo) was
borne in Niger Republic, not Nigeria.
Kanu said that the All
Progressives Congress, APC, has opened the door by challenging Atiku’s citizenship
by BIRTH, it now lies within the rights of every right-thinking person to also
question Buhari’s citizenship by birth, even litigate it in Court.
He added, “NEITHER THE DEAD
BUHARI NOR HIS REPLACEMENT JUBRIL AL-SUDANI IS A CITIZEN OF NIGERIA BY BIRTH
ACCORDING TO SECTION 25 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
“Buhari, even before his death
should not have contested for the presidency how much less the impostor Jubril
Al-Sudani.
“Section 25 (1) of the badly
worded, badly written 1999 Nigerian Constitution states that being born on
Nigerian soil is not enough to qualify you as a Nigerian citizen by BIRTH,
unless your father, mother, grandfather or grandmother is also born in Nigeria:
“According to the highest
(Supreme) law in Nigeria which is the constitution, ‘The following persons are
citizens of Nigeria by BIRTH-namely:
“(a) every person born in Nigeria
BEFORE the date of independence, EITHER of whose parents or ANY of whose
grandparents belongs or belonged to a community INDIGENOUS to Nigeria;
“Provided that a person shall NOT
become a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of this section if NEITHER of his parents
nor any of his grandparents was BORN in Nigeria.
“In simple/plain English this
means that if NONE of your parents or grandparents is BORN in Nigeria, you
cannot contest for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, simple and short.
“Section 131 of the 1999
Constitution which APC is relying on to disqualify Atiku, provides:
“‘A person shall be qualified for
election to the office of the President if –
(a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by
BIRTH.’
“Now, leaving that of Atiku for
the moment, let us now consider whether the dead Buhari (now replaced by Jibril
from Sudan) was a citizen of Nigeria by BIRTH, as defined under Section 25 of
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) above.
“Keep in mind that Section 25 did
not provide being born in Nigeria as the ONLY conditions for being considered
being Nigerian by BIRTH. There are other conditions, which one must fulfil and
they are:
“1. As applied to Buhari, you
must have been born before Independence, so having been borne in 1942, the dead
Buhari passed this first test.
“2. Either of Buhari’s parents or
any of his parents must belong to a tribe INDIGENOUS to Nigeria; and … [mind
you not Republic of Niger]
“3. Under the Proviso to Section
25, either of them MUST also be BORN in Nigeria. [This is the most important
proviso because even if you pass 1 and 2, you will still fail and won’t qualify
to be Nigerian president if you don’t pass No 3, that is what the law says].
“Now, we know from public records
that Buhari’s father, Hardo Adamu, was a nomadic FULANI trader, a duck seller,
from Niger Republic and later became a bodyguard in the Emir of Daura’s palace,
which made him to settle in Daura, Katsina State. So, he (Hardo) was borne in
Niger Republic, not Nigeria.
“And Buhari’s father, being from
Niger DID NOT belong to a tribe indigenous to Nigeria. This law was designed to
stop cross border tribes from claiming indigenous identity to run for the
presidency of Nigeria. Remember that the Yoruba tribe extends into Benin
Republic.
“Though they are Yoruba by
indigenous identity, they are not regarded as a population indigenous to
Nigeria by virtue of the fact that they belong to another country. The same
applies to Fulani people indigenous to Niger Republic that share common porous
border with Nigeria.
“But given that Section 25 used
the words ‘either of the parents or any of the grand parents’, we shall
consider whether Buhari’s mother, Zulaihatu, was born in Nigeria.
“What we know for sure is that
Hardo Adamu married Zulaihatu in Niger Republic and both of them, being nomadic,
emigrated to Daura together sometime in early 1941. That is why there is NO
record of any local Daura family in present day Katsina State that claims
Zulaihatu comes from them.
“In other words, Buhari’s mother,
also a Fulani from Niger Republic was NOT born in Nigeria.
“Now, here’s the question: if
neither of Buhari’s parents were BORN in Nigeria, is it likely that any of his
grandparents, that is the parents of Hardo and Zulaihatu were born in Nigeria?
Not likely. This is where I challenge the Daura Emirate of Katsina to confirm
or deny this.
“Let us now recall the Proviso to
Section 25 which states, and I quote:
‘Provided that a person shall NOT
become a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of this section if NEITHER of his parents
nor any of his grandparents was BORN in Nigeria.”
“So, now we know that even though
the late Buhari may have been born in Daura in present day Katsina State,
NEITHER of his parents or grandparents were born in Nigeria. Buhari is
therefore NOT a citizen of Nigeria by BIRTH as defined in the Proviso to
Section 25 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“So, even if they now claim that
the Fulani is indigenous to Nigeria, Buhari still failed the FINAL and ultimate
test of his parents or grandparents not being born in Nigeria.
“So, given that APC has opened
the door by challenging Atiku’s citizenship by BIRTH, it now lies within the
rights of every right-thinking person to also question Buhari’s citizenship by
BIRTH, even litigate it in Court.”
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