Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of
Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political organisation, says President Muhammadu
Buhari is a civilian autocrat disguising under the guise of a democrat.
In an interview with Tribune, the
elder statesman said the power Buhari enjoys is preventing him from changing
the constitution to suit the current demands of the country.
He also said Buhari has not been
active in solving the several problems ravaging the country.
“We have no democracy now,
particularly with Buhari in government. He is the greatest civilian autocrat
under the guise of being a democrat,” he said.
“I am Ayo Adebanjo. Everybody is
entitled to his or her own opinion. What I am saying is that Buhari is the
greatest civilian autocrat. Why? I am judging him by his actions. Will a
democrat, in a democratic society, disobey court orders on two, three, four
individuals? Will a democrat, under the rule of law, invade judges’ quarters
under the pretence that he wants to wipe out corruption? These are my reasons I
don’t just label him. I call him a dictator by his actions and let people tell
me that those actions are consistent with democratic principles. That’s all.
“Unfortunately, the so-called
governors from the South-West, who are in alliance with him, are so sheepish.
Their hands are so dirty that they cannot talk to him. It is because their
hands are so dirty that is why they don’t have the courage to stand up to him.”
The Afenifere leader alleged that
more deaths have been recorded under the leadership of Buhari than the civil
war which occurred between 1967 and 1970.
He said Buhari having contributed
to the insecurity in the country, he has “turned a blind eye” to the
“incompetence” of service chiefs in the country.
“We don’t hate him, but he does
not understand the job he has taken upon himself,” he said.
“These are issues in the country
which he (Buhari) has not even said a word about on Democracy Day. We don’t
know what Nigerians have done to make us deserve a man like Buhari. The number
of people that have been killed under him is more than the number killed during
the civil war and yet, the man still has the effrontery to be telling us the
security is alright.”
He called on the federal
government to restructure the country immediately, adding that there is no
other solution to the numerous challenges in the country than restructuring.
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