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| Maj-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) |
By: John Shiklam
Some concerned members of the Arewa Youths Forum have called
on former Head of State and presidential candidate of the Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC) in the 2011
election Maj-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), to desist from making inciting statements in his quest for
political relevance.
The youths also advised Buhari to gauge the mood of
Nigerians before contesting the 2015 presidential election and stop deluding
himself to believing that what happened to those who contested elections in
western nations several times before winning would be his fate.
The spokesman of the group, Jibril Mamman Vatsa, in a
statement in Kaduna, said the recent statements by Buhari to the effect that
the current military operation against the Boko Haram sect was anti-north had
exposed Buhari as a sectional leader.
The statement argued further that there was no basis for
Buhari to maintained that it was unthinkable for him to compare the Niger Delta
militants with the Boko Haram sect.
“It is unthinkable for a former Head of State like Buhari to
compare the Niger-Delta militants with terrorists. When late President Umaru
Musa Yar’Adua talked about amnesty, he gave three months. In the case of Boko
Haram, President Jonathan has waived the olive branch without conditions,” the
statement said.
The group wondered “why, for instance, should any serious
statesman bring himself to ridicule by siding a region against the other?
Reminding Nigerians of the long forgotten controversies
which are essentially along regional and religious lines, certainly have not
made Buhari a national leader.
“There are certain arbitrary, sentimental and contradictory
utterances that ought not to be attributed to a national leader which Buhari
claims to be. Any leader seeking the good of Nigerians should not expose
himself in a ridiculous and jaundice manner as Buhari has done.
“Therefore, the call for his arrest by the CAN President is
a responsible one because the issue of security in the nation needs a concrete
solution in which people like Buhari should have made suggestions,” the
statement added.
According to the group, “Buhari’s vituperations have
remained mere talks with no discernible contents and signposts. Therefore,
talking about a Boko Haram that has consigned those opposed to their plots and
comparing them with the Niger-Delta militants is prejudicial to one Nigeria,
over-heats the polity and at best a setback to the nation he has once ruled as
Head of State.”
He stressed that if the Boko Haram members are becoming more
daring by the day, it is because of the support given to them by some people in
high places.
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