A founding member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, on Sunday declared that none of the prominent politicians positioning themselves to inherit late former President Muhammadu Buhari’s 12 million “vote-bank” possesses the credentials to be his heir.
Okechukwu disclosed this while addressing journalists during
an interdenominational church service in honour of Buhari in Abuja.
The former Director General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON,
noted that Buhari appealed to the North because he was an honest man.
He said: “With the greatest respect to prominent politicians
who expectedly want to inherit late President Buhari’s much celebrated 12
million vote-bank, one wishes to submit that the Buhari’s shoe is too big and
his uncommon humanity, integrity, transparency quotient and moral compass are
antithetical and herculean task to their aspirations.
“None of them throughout their public service has either the
moral compass nor ever waged anti-graft war against primitive accumulation.
They have no character strength like Buhari for emulation and never campaigned
for election without the forbidden and unlawful baggage of vote-buying.
“We must appreciate that the mass appeal rating of Buhari as
Mai Gaskiya (Honest Man) and their support for him was predicated on careful
scrutiny of his transparency and truthfulness spanning a period of over 50
years of public service.
“The masses are aware that some of these characters are
those who allegedly stripped our state owned enterprises like NEPA, Aluminum
Smelter Company, Ajaokuta Steel et al, in the name of privatization without
commensurate result.”
Okechukwu recalled that between 1975 and 2025, Buhari served
as governor of the defunct North-East, Federal Commissioner of Petroleum
Resources, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of three Divisions, Military Head
of State, Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) and civilian President,
without blemish.
The former VON DG said he is at a loss on the obsession of
key aspirants of “our sister political party, ADC who wittingly or unwittingly
belief they can ride on Buhari’s 12 million vote-bank with northern card
emblem; as if they are unaware that the northern electorates are one of the
most sophisticated and altruistic”.
He added: “Flying northern card is a mirage because northern
electorates are one of the most sophisticated, demonstrated by their patriotism
in voting more for Abiola in 1993 and obliging Tinubu in 2023 more votes than
the southern electorates.
“Those who crave access to the famed Buhari’s 12 million
vote-bank are consciously pitching the North against the South in a bid to
truncate the two terms convention for each region.
“They should have a rethink, because equity, justice and
fairness constitute the bedrock of our democracy.
“At any rate we have nothing to fear as none of them has
either Buhari’s moral compass or discipline and most importantly they never
subscribed to Malam Aminu Kano’s Talakawa (proletarian) tradition to qualify
for northern cult followership.
“Luckily their Kangaroo bid to railroad majority members of
Buhari’s defunct Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) to ADC failed woefully
courtesy of ex-governors Tanko Almakura and Aminu Masari.”
He warned that they should thread softly so as not to
scuttle the rotation convention of the Presidency, which has become one of the
guardrails of Nigeria’s 4th Republic Democracy and binding chord of the unity
of the country.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com