Ayo Adebanjo, acting national leader of Afenifere, a
pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, says he warned Nigerians not to vote for
Buhari in 2015.
Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on
Wednesday, Adebanjo claimed that Buhari does not have respect for the rule of
law.
The Afenifere leader was responding to a question on Buhari’s
recent comment on his experience during the civil war.
On Tuesday, Buhari spoke about the civil war experience and
threatened to deal with those “bent on destroying” Nigeria through
“insurrection”.
“Those of us in the
fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language
they understand,” the president had said.
Reacting to Buhari’s statement, Adebanjo queried why a
democratically-elected president would threaten his “subjects” with “lessons
practised during a war”.
“It is a very unfortunate statement from the president of a
democratic country. I was very sad when I heard it. When I was informed, I
thought it couldn’t be but I’m not surprised,” he said.
“It is those of you
who voted for Buhari in 2015 that should be amazed. I warned you then that this
man is a dictator. He is born a feudalist; he is trained as a dictator, and he
has no respect for the rule of law.
“Can a democratic president be talking of teaching his
subjects, who voted him into power, that he is going to teach them the lessons
practised during a war? We are in peace time.”
‘WE CAN’T AMEND A
CONSTITUTION WE DIDN’T MAKE’
The Afenifere leader argued that the 1999 constitution was
imposed on Nigerians by the military government, stating that it is unnecessary
to amend such constitution.
He also noted that the country should return to the 1963
republican constitution, which he said was created by the founding fathers.
“We cannot amend a constitution we didn’t make,” he said.
“When you say, ‘we the people of the federal republic’, did
we make the constitution? Are we federal? Did we make the constitution? False.
Are we federal? False. It was imposed on us by the military. That is the fact.”
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