Buba Galadima, elder statesman,
says power has exposed the true colour of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In an interview with New
Telegraph, the former ally of the president said had Buhari worked for the real
values he stood for in the past, the country would have made significant
progress.
He said after making many
attempts to lead the country, Buhari achieved his aim after reaching out to
people in other parts of the country but that as soon as he got power, Buhari
showed his “true colour”.
“He (Buhari) knew why he came to
politics and why some of us sacrificed everything to ensure that he becomes
President but when he became President, he sort of kicked out all those ideals
for which we fought for, for which we had been intimidated and for which he
suffered trial for treason,” he said.
“So, it is something that is most
unfortunate for a statesman like him, saying something and not living to his
words.
If we had followed our own
programme as envisaged in 2002, Nigeria would have been elsewhere now like
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, India and a host of so many other advanced
countries of the world.
“We shouted for Buhari for many
years but that didn’t make him a President until he crossed the borders to meet
other people from other parts of the country. He went out to seek the
assistance of others… then after he won, he brought out his true colours.
Galadima also disagreed with
those blaming previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governments for the woes
of the country.
“Let’s agree with him on what he
has said about the situation he met. Why was he voted for? He was voted for
because most Nigerians believed that he would take us out of the woods,” he
said.
“So it is no excuse. Whenever
anybody in this government blames past governments, I just laugh. Who are those
among them in the government that were not part of the PDP, including the
President himself.”
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