Balarabe Musa, Chairman of the
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, and former Governor of Kaduna
State, has adduced two reasons why former presidents and heads of state were
absent at the June 12 Democracy Day celebration in Abuja.
Obasanjo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, Yakubu Gowon, Babangida, among
others were not present at the event.
Obasanjo, however, claimed that
he was not invited for the national event.
Reacting to their absence, Musa
said the former presidents may have been frightened by the way President
Muhammadu Buhari went about the celebrations and what he said few days to the
event.
The elder statesman stated that
the former leaders could be afraid that they might be indicted if Buhari had
decided to investigate circumstances surrounding the June 12, 1993 election.
Speaking with Vanguard, Musa
said: “Well, it could be for two reasons. First, President Buhari may have
threatened them though he does not have the capacity to carry it out.
“For instance, if he takes the
recognition of June 12, further by investigating it, they could be afraid
because they may be involved in the annulment. It was a military affair and
most of them held sensitive positions then that could implicate them.
“Secondly, two days before June
12, celebration, President Buhari made a very vital statement. He said his
government would name and shame all those behind the disabling level of corruption,
stealing and waste of resources.”
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I thought this man was more intelligent than this.
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