Jonathan Has Declared War On Nigeria Buhari

Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has said President Goodluck Jonathan has declared war on his own country.

The leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in a statement he personally signed and made available to journalists in Kaduna said:

Our country has gone through several rough patches, but never before have I seen a Nigerian President declare war on his own country as we are seeing now. Never before have I seen a Nigerian President deploy federal institutions in the service of partisanship as we are witnessing now.

Never before have I seen a Nigerian President utilize the common wealth to subvert the system and punish the opposition, all in the name of politics. Our nation has suffered serious consequences in the past for egregious acts that are not even close to what we are seeing now. It is time to pull the brakes.

Buhari said the developments in the polity has become an unwelcome distraction for the nations ongoing survival battle against the Boko Haram sect, which has put Nigeria on tenterhooks, with innocent citizens being killed daily.

In my capacity as a former head of state, rather than a politician, I have spoken to President Jonathan in private over these issues, but indications are that the strategy has not yielded positive fruits. I cannot, just because I am an opposition politician, fail to do what is expected of me as a former head of state to help rescue our nation in times of great trouble and palpable uncertainty.

History will not be kind to me if I sit back while things turn bad, just so that no one will accuse me of partisanship. Yes, I am a politician. Yes, I am in the opposition. Yes, there is the tendency for my statement to be misconstrued as that of a politician rather than a statesman. But I owe it as matter of duty and honour, and in the interest of our nation, to speak out on the dangerous trajectory that our nation is heading.

I can say, in all sincerity, that I have seen it all, as an ordinary citizen, a military officer, a state Governor, a Minister, a Head of State, a man who has occupied many other sensitive posts and a politician. I have been a close participant and witness to Nigerias political history since independence in 1960.

Buhari who is known to be outspoken and doesnt hesitate to share his opinion on the Jonathan-led government recently took to facebook to express hisdiscontent with the current situation in the country and to assure that the present administration will soon be a matter of the past.

According to Buhari: What we are witnessing today of impunity and political rascality as demonstrated by the selective targeting and persecution of opposition politicians is an attempt to subdue the will of Nigerians who have made clear their commitment to free their country from the grip of an incompetent leadership that is bent on severing the ties of nationhood and ruining whatever progress we have made as a country.

Meanwhile a political group, known as the Buhari Vanguard on July 16 said it is time for the leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Major General (rtd.) Muhammadu Buhari, to rule the country and restore the dreams of Nigerians.