A RISK OF NIGERIA’S
INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION?
In recent weeks and, especially since the selection of the
72 years old, former Military Head of State, Pa.
General Muhammadu Buhari as APC presidential
candidate, I have repeatedly found myself disappointed,
angry and in despair at the low caliber leadership, and
the complete disregard for due diligence in the opposition
APC vis-à-vis the ruling PDP.
Every respected country on the face of this planet vets and
conducts vigorous background-checks on all their
candidates for elective offices and particularly so, for
their presidential candidates. This is in order, to weed
out those with dubious backgrounds, making outrageous
claims e.g. a candidate who lies about his education; and
importantly, to assess their personalities, motivations,
and the basics of their story. Were they who they said
they were? Did they have access to what they claimed?
These are processes every serious political party
undertakes to produce the best candidates to represent
their party for the good of country.
But this is not the case for APC that wants Nigerians
to vote for a candidate without presenting his original
certificates as required by law and whose background and
history is bound to restrict Nigeria internationally. The
consequences of faulty vetting can be devastating to the
APC and country; in this case, the selection of the 72
years old former Military Head of State, Pa. General
Muhammadu Buhari as their presidential candidate.
There must be a day of reckoning in the international
community for the 72 years old, former Military Head
of State, Pa. General Muhammadu Buhari, that
flagrantly disregarded international laws, conventions,
customs, the general principles of law recognized by
civilized nations and respect for the laws of sovereign
countries, namely the United Kingdom.
His notion of leadership, international laws, human
rights and civic values is not only to authorize, the failed
kidnapping of the late Alhaji Umaru Dikko from the
United Kingdom, the emasculation of a robust media,
using back-dated decree to murder young men etc., but
that, all public officials in Nigeria are crooks, corrupt
and the public is an ignorant inmpenproletariat.
It would be astonishing if, the 72 years old APC
Presidential candidate, Pa. General Muhammedu
Buhari, former Military Head of State, that has been
reveling in the climate of immunity, and have made
impunity his modus operandi for decades; would be
welcomed in London, Berlin, Washington, DC or the
United Nations with a red carpet.
APC should therefore, save Nigeria the bother; and
honorably withdraw Pa. General Muhammadu Buhari,
former Military Head of State from the February 14th,
2015 presidential election.
If not, the day of reckoning will show the decades of
Nigeria’s cowardice towards someone whose nature and
actions as Military Head of State were a clear disgrace
and embarrassment not only to Nigeria but the whole of
Africa.
Nigeria must not expect the international community to
accept a man that master-minded the kidnapping of a
resident of the United Kingdom; a serial Human Rights
abuser and a man that promotes Violence and Terrorism
(all major terrorist groups in Nigeria have all promptly
endorsed and adopted him: the 72 years old Pa. General
Muhammadu Buhari, former Military Head of State,
as their presidential candidate, notably: Boko Haram).
Nigeria must come of age.
Nigeria and Nigerians must not be seduced and
intimidated into turning Nigeria into a patriarch state in
the community of respectable nations. Nigerians must
vote wisely.
In these times of falling oil prices, again; Nigeria
cannot expend her limited resources, international
goodwill and political capital on revamping and polishing
the image of a failed former military Head of State.
There are demonstrative evidence, though, that
Nigerians have no wish to return to the days of
patriarchic status, neither is Nigeria ready to vote for a
bad-intentioned myopia on the part of the APC to
eviscerate the gains of democracy and Nigeria’s well
earned international respect and image. Nigeria has no
time for extremely radical experiments and proposals.
A vote for the 72 years old APC Presidential
candidate, Pa. General Muhammadu Buhari, former
Military Head of State, would not be a step forward for
Nigeria; but a spite-filled step back and isolation from
the civilized world.
Ekiyorbomode A. Edotimi
Ijawiss@yahoo.de
Ijaw Institute of Strategic Studies A month to the elections, and things are beginning to happen. Vote wisely Nigerians! According to My Uncle "who go win, go win" |
