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APC And Nigerian Buhari’s Double Standards

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The president of Nigeria General Muhammadu Buhari most recently avowed that he is detribalized, not a religious partisan, and in control of the government. He is seeking a third/second term depending on who you ask and on how the counting is done. His distractors have called him callous in his dealings with some ethnic nationalities such as those who live in the Delta region and those in southeastern states. 

Some of his supporters have said the PMB is a very good man but that he is simply not competent. Others of his supporters say that he is a hard working president but that the opposition is making governing too difficult for him.

Whatever the excuses are for his poor governance the hard truth is that the president is not steadfast in his beliefs and governance policies. He bends with the direction of the wind: he has double standards. One for the north, one for the south. One for Christians and another for Moslems. A few examples will illustrate what I am saying:

IPOB is a group of citizens who are calling for an independent Biafra using legal and non-violence means of demonstrations to drive home their point. They have not killed anybody even when thy have been attacked by armed police and soldiers and shot point blank. Various international organizations have declared that they are making their demands legally and by generally accepted international standards especially when they call for referendums.

What did the PMB Administration do?

The government labelled them terrorist and opened Operation Python Dance in all SE states, moved in violently and killed or kidnapped the leadership and “temporally” shut them down. IPOB was strong armed by PMB government.

Compare this treatment to what is being meted to Fulani herdsmen. The herdsmen have been roaming around the country with AK47 and similar military weapons killing ordinary citizens. The head count thus far is in the thousands spread out over 25 states and not a single herdsman is under arrest or being questioned. In Edo state where suspects were apprehended and were about to be handed over to the police the army intervened and freed the suspects while killing the citizen who apprehended them.

The president’s excuse for the killings is that the herdsmen are foreign nationals from Libya, or wherever, that bring in military weapons into the country and killing Nigerians. If the president means what he says:

·          Why the problem with declaring them terrorists and dealing with them as such?

·          Why the rush to label unarmed SESS citizens as terrorist and strong arming them?

·         Where is the military who are charged with the defense of Nigeria by foreign enemies in Nigeria’s soil?

·         Where is Nigerian sovereignty?

Benue and plateau states and other NC states are now occupied territories (occupied by foreign armed nationals if PMB is to be believed) and are not safe in their churches, and farms and the Nigerian Federal Government has no clue. 30% of the FG budget is voted for the security of the country. What is it buying for the country? Deaths of church ministers and their congregations? Stifling peaceful citizen demonstrations in opposition strong holds?

Why does the president have double definitions of terrorism? The Nigerian House of Representatives have asked the president to declare Fulani herdsmen terrorist but is a Fulani President incapable to declare his tribesmen terrorist? And can he still retain the title of Head of the Sate of Nigeria?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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