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Open Letter To Gen. Mohammad Buhari by Xb4Real: 3:22pm On Dec 24, 2014
Sir,

let us examine your service records. I consider
your generation a very privileged one, indeed. In
1975 at the age of 33, you were appointed the
Military Governor of the North-Eastern State,
present day Borno & Yobe states. In 1976 at the
age of 34 you became the Minister for Petroleum
and Natural Resources. In 1978 at the age of 36
you became the Chairman of the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Today the reverse
is the case. Most Nigerians at age of 35 are still
unemployed and still living with parents. Many
are still not married. During your time you were
already Governor at this age. One major reason
for this unfortunate turn of events is that many
elders like you have refused to voluntarily
handover the baton to the next generation. Life
should be a relay race where one runs his race
and hands over to the next. In Nigeria many
elders like you have run their races and are still
holding on tenaciously to the baton. But Sir, I
have an important question here for you. The
question is simple, MUST YOU SERVE NIGERIA AS
A PRESIDENT ONLY? IS THERE NO OTHER
CAPACITY YOU CAN SERVE US EXCEPT THE
PRESIDENCY? It is very erroneous to imagine that
you can only serve Nigeria only in one capacity.
During the regime of late General Sani Abacha,
you accepted the appointment to serve as the
Chairman of the then Petroleum Trust Fund PTF.
The general opinion was that you served faithfully
in this capacity. Well done Sir! But you never
asked Abacha to vacate office for you as your
former subordinate in the army. Never! In fact
that would have been a dangerous move, if not
suicidal. Rather you served faithfully under your
former junior in the army. Sir, imagine if you take
on another job like the Chairman of EFCC or ICPC
or NDLEA. Nigerians actually need you to serve in
one of these capacities much more than they
need you in the Presidency. Mere mentioning
your name as Chairman of EFCC would drive
many corrupt men underground. But you
wouldn’t . Either the Presidency or nothing. When
are you going to handover to the next person? It
is either you do it voluntarily or risk disgrace at
the polls. In 1983 at the age of 41, you became
the Head of State. Most Nigerians in my age have
not had the opportunity to serve, but we still
remain committed to the Nigerian project. You
should rather be graceful to God and to Nigerians
for the numerous opportunities that have come
your way to serve Nigerians. Others are begging
for just one opportunity to serve. Sir, you have to
accept the stark reality on ground that you have
served your time already. That is life for you. You
run the race, you handover the baton for others
to run, you cannot hold on to the baton more
than is necessary. As a former head of State you
are already a member of the Council of State
Meeting. You have every avenue to channel your
views across. You don’t necessarily have to be in
a frontline role, you can serve in an advisory
capacity. That is still service. In conclusion, let me
state that the greatest beneficiary should you
emerge candidate of the APC would be President
Jonathan. It is crystal clear that you cannot defeat
President Jonathan in a free, fair and credible
election, even in Katsina State. Sentiments aside,
Jonathan would cruise to a landslide victory
should you emerge candidate of the APC. In fact
many political analysts believe that President
Jonathan wants you to emerge as the APC flag
bearer in order to secure a cheap victory. In
fairness to you, any of your Children would pose
a serious challenge to Jonathan more than
yourself. I do not see Nigerians electing a 72 year
old former Head of state to lead us in this Digital
era. With due respect to you Sir, you belong to
the Analogue age and therefore, will not fit in as
president in this digital era. This is the blunt
truth. Please do not enter the Guinness book of
world records on a negative note. Losing four
consecutive Presidential election would not augur
well for your reputation. It is in your best interest
to assume your position as an elder statesman.

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Re: Open Letter To Gen. Mohammad Buhari by Ezedon(m): 3:31pm On Dec 24, 2014
After feb. 14 2015, all these topics'll change and more corpas may loose their lives
Re: Open Letter To Gen. Mohammad Buhari by Xb4Real: 4:21pm On Dec 24, 2014
[quote author=Ezedon post=29166484]After feb. 14 2015, all these topics'll change and more corpas may loose their lives[/quote

If dats ur prayer, u hv lost it already even before u started. Who dont u go ahead and kill ursef first if death/doom is all u ever tink of?

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