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 elections would not augur well
for your reputation. It is in your best interest to assume
your position as an elder statesman and allow others to
serve. Nigeria does not belong to you alone. It belongs
to us all.



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Buhari would be the best efcc chairman if given the opportunity.

this is not a time to judge based on age. employers do it to job seekers, job seekers do it to political candidates, the circle will never end. most people voting Buhari only hate Jonathan. since we won't lift swords to fight for our right, we will lift pvc cards to vote out gross ineptitude. this is not about sentiments, this is about Nigerians fighting for their rights the only way they know how.

nobody expects Buhari to be perfect but if he wins, and the country backslides, all well and good, in the next four years, we will vote in someone else. it's not like I expect him to live that long but I'll trade his wisdom and decisiveness over a drunken thief (Jonathan hates to be called corrupt). this is not about Buhari or Jonathan, this is about change. not 10 naira change or whatever apc's definition of change is, but about Nigerians making the choice to change who rules them when they feel they deserve better. it's not personal so don't make it that