Before i start let me state clearly that my vote going to Buhari except he tries or says something silly like Donal Trump will put it. I'm voting Buhari not because he has a track record of achievement or because he's resume is something to have cold feet about. Now it's annoying when some Buhari fanatics who turn blind eye to obvious truths and it's the same people that will accuse Beaf of doing the same thing.

A thread was opened by Seun abi stolen about how Buhari rejected the idea of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala being his vice. Instead of some of them to come and refute the allegation like they've been doing since they sold their souls to Buhari they resulted the tarnish the image of a world renowned Banker and Economics. Even going as far as comparing Buhari with Ngozi as if Buhari can stand when Mrs Okonjo is talking.

I also remember the debate that Buhari went to and embarrased himself and some people came to tell us that he's a man of action and not mere words. The same people that were calling for the debate saying that Buhari will finish Jonathan, Ribady etal. Haba. Please when we see the truth let us say it without fear or favour.

Now i ask What has Buhari actually achieved?

When Buhari was head of state there was discipline in Nigeria.

What Buhari has achieved:

1. He succesfully destroyed Nigeria's attempt at democracy in 1983.
2. He has contested in 3 democratic elections and failed in every attempt.
3. He has been noted in the books of history as a human rights violator.
4. He fought against freedom of information and expression.

After working against democracy for the entire duration of his youthful resouceful life, he finally embraced democracy at the dying age of 62 on condition the he be made president.

What has he achieved: hatrick of political defeat.

In order to provide a balanced answer to this question, I invite you to take a look at BBC's view of Buhari as appears in a December 2006 report. In this article, you will find the good and bad side to Buhari.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6192919.stm

Profile:MUHAMMADU BUHARI
Age 64
Military ruler of Nigeria from 1984 to 1985
Deposed in a coup
Poor human rights record
Seen as incorruptible
Muslim from northern Nigeria

Buhari had a mixed record during his time in power. Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari does not seem to know when to quit.
Although he lost badly to President Olusegun Obasanjo in the last elections which he rejected as rigged, Mr Buhari appears undeterred in his quest to be an elected head of state.
And having secured the nomination of the main opposition party, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), he is once again edging closer to his goal.
Mr Buhari has already ruled Nigeria - from January 1984 until August 1985, in a period remembered for human rights abuses and a fight against corruption.
As a Muslim from Daura in Katsina State, he has had to deny allegations that he has a radical Islamist agenda given his support for Sharia law in the north.
This proved a problem for him in the 2003 polls, where he failed to secure much support among Christians in the south where he was viewed with some suspicion.

Record
The verdict on Mr Buhari's 20 months as Nigeria's leader is mixed.
About 500 politicians, officials and businessmen were jailed as part of a campaign against waste and corruption.
Some saw this as the heavy handed repression of military rule.
But others, and not just northern Muslims, remember it as a praiseworthy attempt to fight the endemic graft which was preventing Nigeria's development.
Largely because of this campaign, he retains a rare reputation for honesty among Nigeria's politicians, both military and civilian.

Neat queues
He also introduced a notorious decree to restrict press freedom, under which two journalists were jailed.
As part of his "War Against Indiscipline", he ordered the notoriously unruly Nigerians to form neat queues at bus stops, under the sharp eyes of whip-wielding soldiers.
Civil servants who were late for work were publicly humiliated by being forced to do "frog jumps".
However, his attempts to rebalance public finances by curbing imports led to the closure of businesses and many job losses.
Prices rose, while living standards fell, leading to a palace coup by Gen Ibrahim Babangida on 27 August 1985. Mr Buhari was imprisoned for 40 months.
Mr Babangida, who still retains an active role in Nigeria's politics, also wanted to speed up the restoration of civilian rule, which Mr Buhari did not see as a priority.

Even now, Mr Buhari defends his military coup of 31 December 1983.
"It is up to the people. If you choose correct leadership, there won't be any need for the military regime.
"The military came in when it was absolutely necessary and the elected people had failed the country," he said last October.

When Mr Obasanjo was a military ruler in the 1970s, Mr Buhari held the key post of minister of petroleum affairs but there is now little love lost between the former colleagues.

His coup ousted Nigeria's last civilian government, led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who won elections organised by Mr Obasanjo. And this has led to continuing questions about Mr Buhari's commitment to democracy.

A hatrick of political defeat.

Remember how JAMB and WAEC exam sheets have a sample of how to fill in the examination sheet with some dudes data?

We used to assume the guy's bio was a jamb customer who kept writing the exam because he kept failing.


Buhari has the unenviable position of having a INEC sample form with his bio data.