100 Reasons Why Buhari Must Go: Don’t Be Deceived by the Fulani Cabal Again.

by Dele Momodu

1. Buhari is the most nepotistic Nigerian president ever. He makes no pretense about it.

2. Economy, Anti-terrorism and Anti-corruption programs: These were his three cardinal campaign points in 2015. He failed in all of them.

3. In 2015, even before he appointed Ministers, Buhari approved over N39.4 billion naira to NNPC to prospect for crude oil in Northern Nigeria. The project has turned out to be a total waste of taxpayers’ money.

4. His current tenure witnessed the 3rd economic recession in Nigeria. The first was during his regime as a military dictator.

5. Within three years of his government, over 11 million Nigerians lost their jobs.

6. Under Buhari’s watch, Nigeria became the poverty capital of the world. 86.9 million Nigerians are now living in extreme poverty. This represents nearly 50% of its estimated population of 180 million.

7. Killings by Fulani Herdsmen rose to an unprecedented scale under Buhari’s watch. The killings were carried out with impunity.

8. Buhari destroyed almost all the free and fair electoral gains of the past administrations.
9. The Obasanjo administration removed Nigeria from international debt. Buhari plunged Nigeria back into extreme foreign debt. According to NBS, Nigeria’s debt profile grew by 40% within the first two years of the Buhari government. Currently, Nigeria owes N22.4 trillion ($73.2 billion).
10. He promised to sell off planes in the presidential fleet when he becomes president. He never did.

11. Buhari promised to clean up the severely polluted Niger-Delta. It never happened. The Ogoni Cleanup project turned out to be a massive fraud on the people of the Niger-Delta.

12. It took Buhari 6 months to appoint a set of mediocre Ministers.
13. Ibe Kachikwu – his Minister of State for Petroleum – blew the whistle on illegal oil contracts worth $25billion (N9trillion) done by the GMD of NNPC. Buhari neither probed it nor removed the GMD. Kachikwu got replaced instead.

14. Buhari uses state security apparatus to pursue personal vendettas. For instance, despite court orders for their release, he has kept Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and Sambo Dasuki illegally incarcerated.

15. Before his election, Buhari swore that fuel subsidy never existed. Today, his government has so far paid over 1.4trillion in fuel subsidy.
16. According to an Amnesty International report, the killer Fulani herdsmen have slaughtered 3,641 Nigerians. All these killings occurred within 3 years of the Buhari rule.

17. Till this day, not one killer herdsman has been arrested and prosecuted.

18. Folarin Coker, the former head of an agency in Lagos state, diverted N3 billion from the account of the state government into his wife’s 32 bank accounts. Buhari recruited him into his government, as the DG, NTDC. The corruption case died a natural death.

19. The Nigerian currency – the Naira – devalued under his watch. The note lost more than 50℅ of its value within a few months of his government.

    

    Buhari voodoo economics as designed by his Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun. The Nigerian economy has never fared as bad as it is now under the Buhari watch.

20. Buhari’s mismanagement of the economy introduced double-digit inflation to the country.
21. Abba Kyari – Buhari’s Chief of Staff (CoS) – took a N500 million bribe from MTN. He did it to help the company reduce the $5.2 billion fine imposed on it by the federal government. Even with solid pieces of evidence presented to Buhari, he did nothing about it.
22. According to UNICEF, 13.2 million Nigerian children are now out of school. This is the highest in the world. Of which 69 % of these out-of-school children are in the North.
23. The Buhari government’s incompetence is often demonstrated when he appoints dead people into government agencies.

24. Nigeria is currently ranked as the 3rd Most-terrorized Global Nation among countries worst hit by terrorism. Nigeria has held that position four times consecutively during the Buhari administration.

25. He is selective in his fight against corruption. He deliberately ignored some corruption allegations and petitions against some of his appointees, aides, party members, etc.
26. Buhari dominates his top federal political appointments with Northern Muslims.

27. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the 1st quarter of 2016, the Nigerian economy shrank by 0.36% to hit its lowest point in the last 29 years.

28. The Buhari government make claims to have saved trillions of Naira in the TSA. Still, they kept gallivanting around the world in search of foreign loans.
29. Too many of his close relatives were recruited into his government. For instance, Mamman Daura (nephew), Chief of Staff (nephew), Minister of state for Aviation (nephew), his ADC (in-law), his Personal Assistants (nephews), Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Investment (niece), etc.
30. He removed the Chief Justice of Nigeria without following constitutionally defined due process.

31. Buhari dominates the heads of security agencies with Northerners: NSA (Borno); Chief of Army Staff (Borno); National Security Adviser (Borno); EFCC (Borno); Minister of Defense (Zamfara); Chief of Air Staff (Bauchi State); IG of Police (Nasarawa); NSCDC (Niger); DSS (Kano); Nigeria Immigration Service (Jigawa State); Nigeria Customs Service (Bauchi State); Nigeria Prison Service (Kebbi State).

32. At the early stage of his administration, Buhari’s relatives and children of his aides were allocated 91 positions in an illegal and secret CBN employment exercise.

33. “Budget padding” entered the Nigerian lexicon after federal lawmakers spotted inflated cost of projects and items in Buhari’s National Budget proposal.

34. Buhari vowed to punish “budget-padding” culprits in his government. He never did.
35. $43 million cash was found in an Ikoyi apartment. It is already more than a year since a probe panel was instituted, yet nothing has come out of it.
36. Buhari has demonstrated that the Southwest (the Yoruba) are only relevant to him when it is politically expedient. They are not important enough for him for crucial government appointments.

37. On national TV, he instated that he would not obey court orders.

38. Under his watch, 20.9 million Nigerians became unemployed, according to NBS. Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose from 18.8% (in 2017) to 23.1% (in 2018). It went from 10.4 million in 2015 to 21 million in 2018.

39. He has refused to make his asset declaration public.
40. Buhari uses the police, DSS, Army, etc., to supervises the systematic harassment and humiliation of perceived political opponents and people with contrary opinions.
41. Buhari increased the price of petrol, yet he still pays more subsidy on the product than the previous government, which it accused of ‘subsidy scam’.

42. Buhari approved the withdrawal $462 million from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the procurement of military aircraft, without prior approval of the National Assembly.

43. Buhari insults and de-markets the country whenever he travels abroad.

44. Under his watch, the Nigerian Army has killed 492 Shiite Muslims in the last four years. These extrajudicial killings have gone on with impunity.
45. The “Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG)” protesters – on whose protests Buhari rode to the presidency of Nigeria – were teargassed and persecuted by the Buhari government.
46. On a live TV broadcast, Buhari defended the Governor of Kano state who was caught on camera receiving $5 million bribe.
47. Under his watch, his VP and his political party (APC) engages in systematic vote buying disguised as “Trader Monie”.

48. A good number of politicians working for Buhari’s re-election have pending corruption cases bordering on stolen monies worth about N300bn. They include: Abdullahi Adamu (N15bn); Aliyu Wamakko (N15bn); Godswill Akpabio (N100bn); Orji Uzor Kalu (N3.2bn); Babachir Lawal (N223m); Rotimi Amaechi (N97bn); Abdul’aziz Yari (N680m); Adams Oshiomhole ($51m); Bola Tinubu (N100bn); Abba Kyari (N500m); Musiliu Obanikoro (N4.7bn); Folarin Coker (N3bn), etc.

    

    Cash found in fireproofed steel cabinets included a large dollar, pound-sterling and naira notes. The apartment is owned by Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state & now a minister in Buhari’s administration

49. A member of the Buhari kitchen cabinet – Babachir Lawal – spent N220million to cut grass at an IDP camp. Still, he has not been prosecuted for the offense.
50. The disgraced and sacked SGF, Babachir Lawal, was replaced with his cousin, Boss Mustapha thereby effectively retaining the SGF position within his family.
51. The only leader that retains his appointees to government offices even when the Senate refuses to confirm them or outrightly rejects the confirmation of such persons.

52. Under his administration, the Nigerian Stock Exchange lost more than 50℅ of its value.

53. Transparency International announced that corruption increased during Buhari’s government. The country’s corruption perception index rose from 136th (2016) to 148th (2018) in the ranking.

54. He dominates the federal judiciary with Northern Muslims, namely:
    

    Chief Justice of Nigeria (Mahmud Mohammed/Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad), president of the Court of Appeal, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

55. He has shown that he is not intellectually wired to understand when corruption is going on around him.
56. Some accused Adams Oshiomhole of his party members of receiving bribes worth about $55 million before and after the APC primaries all over the country. The case is dead and buried by the Buhari government.
57. A Senator sympathetic to Buhari hired hoodlums who invaded the National Assembly and stole the maze. Buhari did nothing to bring the Senator to book.

58. Buhari promised to end medical tourism by public officials when he becomes president. When he became president, he became Nigeria’s biggest medical tourist.

59. His wife, Aisha Buhari, cried out and revealed that Buhari is not in control of the government. She further explained that a certain cabal runs the show.
60. Under his watch, INEC created mobile voting centers for Muslim IDPs. This is unknown to the Electoral Act. He has refused to make same or similar arrangements for IDPs of Southeast/Middle Belt and minority nationalities’ extraction such as through voters’ cards’ transfer provided in the Electoral Act of 2010.
61. The Buhari government spent an entire tenure blaming past governments for problems they were elected to fix.
62. Buhari’s nephew – Hadi Sirika, the Minister of State for Aviation – spent N1.5 billion naira of taxpayer’s money on propaganda and to kick-start the national airline – “Nigeria Air”. The company folded up even before it started.
63. Buhari is never aware of anything that goes on in his government and under his watch.
64. Alpha Beta Consult – a company that belongs to Bola Tinubu is facing N100-billion-fraud allegations. Buhari ignored the petition. Instead, Buhari rewarded him with an important position in his re-election campaign team.
65. He pretends to be poor while his family lives in opulence. His children attend £26, 000-a-year universities in the UK. His son had an accident with his motorbike estimated to be worth tens of millions of Naira.

66. He is resolute in his pursuit of the Northern agenda.

67. The Buhari government lied that it has “technically” defeated Boko Haram. Still, he approved $1billion to fight insurgency in the Northeast.

68. The IPOB agitators have never killed anyone. Buhari classified them as a terrorist group. The killer Fulani herdsmen have killed over 3,641 innocent Nigerians. Till date, Buhari has refused to tag them as terrorists.

69. Buhari is the first Nigerian leader to appoint a member of his ethnic group as the head of the nation’s electoral body.
70. The Miyetti Allah is an open and vocal sympathizer of the killer Fulani herdsmen. Buhari is their Life Patron. Yet, he has never called them to order.
71. On several occasions, Buhari pleaded with non-Fulani to give up their ancestral lands to the rampaging killer Fulani herdsmen.
    

    President Muhammadu Buhari is the archetypal Fulani who loves cattle more than his fellow humans. Despite all the depraved butchery of indigenous peoples of Benue, the Nigerian president has not done anything different to safeguard lives of Middle Belters where ethnic cleansing by Fulani herdsmen militia has reached unprecedented levels.

72. Buhari’s Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed, was alleged to have made financial demands from an agency (NBC) under his Ministry. The N13 million “loan” he demanded was to enable him to travel to China. Buhari ignored the allegation.

73. Billions of Naira were allocated to the Aso Rock Clinic in the National Budget. Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari, revealed that the monies were misappropriated under his watch.

74. They have to translate English into English for Buhari.
75. Okoi Obono-Obla, one of Buhari’s aides – was alleged to have forged his WAEC certificate. Buhari ignored the allegation.

76. The Buhari kitchen cabinet planned and executed a siege on the houses of the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President. They also coordinated a failed legislative coup with a minority group of Senators. This was done to prevent the defection of members from the APC. Buhari never punished them.

77. Buhari supervised the fraudulent and disgraceful conduct of elections in Edo, Ekiti and Osun state.
78. The Buhari administration secretly reinstated a fugitive and pension thief – Abdulrasheed Maina – the former chairman of the Presidential Pension Task Team.
79. Under Buhari’s watch, there was a deliberate and scientific exclusion from voting of 12 million registered voters dominated by Southern and Northern minority populations.
80. Buhari decided that it was a good idea to share $321million of returned Abacha loot among some vague Nigerians. A few weeks later, he took a loan of $328 million from China for investment in the telecoms sector.

81. Buhari’s former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, was indicted for certificate forgery. She was never prosecuted.

82. His Chief of Staff – Abba Kyari – was accused by his cousin of collecting N29.9m to facilitate a contract to supply 15 Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Even with evidence provided by the accuser, Buhari defended Kyari on the allegation.

83. He enjoys foreign health facilities, while thousands of Nigerians die in ill-equipped hospitals in Nigeria. Till date, he has not built a single hospital in Nigeria.

84. Buhari retained Ibrahim Magu as the acting EFCC Chairman even though the Senate failed to confirm him twice.

85. He insisted that Abacha never stole, yet his government has benefited enormously from the unending return of the Abacha loot.

86. He craves for extreme powers. For instance, he demanded to have emergency powers in his first few months in office. Later, he signed and authorized Order 006 to give him powers outside the provisions of the EFCC Act and ICPC Act — as well as the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and the Criminal Code.
87. Buhari’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, admitted his incompetence in a leaked audio tape.

88. He is the first president to publicly announce that he would not favor the regions that did not vote for him.

89. Buhari rarely grants interviews to local media. He prefers granting interviews to foreign journalists.
90. In 2015, the Kano state Electoral Commissioner and every member of his family were killed in the most suspicious circumstance. Ibrahim Idris, who was the Kano state Commissioner of Police when the incidence occurred, was later rewarded with the position of Inspector General.

91. He runs away from intellectual discussions like debates.

92. He failed to disclose his ailment as it is done in transparent governments all over the world.

93. A human rights activist, Dr. Osadolor Ochei, wrote several petitions to the EFCC against Adams Oshiomole. The petition bothered on alleged looting of Edo state treasury while he was governor of the state. Buhari’s EFCC ignored the petition. Instead, Buhari rewarded Oshiomhole with the APC chairmanship position.

94. Despite its growing unpopularity, Buhari is a stoic crusader for nomadic cattle grazing.

95. Under Buhari administration, the Nigerian international passport now costs N70k, Car-number plate is N75k, driver’s license N30k, etc. Note, these are just the official rates.
96. His appointees and aides show open disregard for other arms of government like the Senate and the House of Representatives.

97. Buhari makes appointments into constitutionally and statutorily created offices in manners clearly incoherent with and unknown to the 1999 Constitution and the Civil Service Rules of the Federation (i.e. selections of DG of DSS, Custom CG, and former INEC interim Boss).

98. He has shown open disregard for the Federal Character principle, which he has violated countlessly.

99. Buhari’s anti-democratic and dictatorial tendencies exhibit itself on several occasions when he jettisoned the justice and parliamentary system in order to have his way.

100. Due to some of his recent exhibitions, his memory, mental health status and fitness have become a matter of urgent concern!