Re: Ibrahim Shekarau and 2011: why he cannot win
Coming to the core of Mr Audu’s rebuttal of the issues raised in my article, he was just touching on irrelevant non-issues but left out the substance. Mr Audu will agree with me that the issues I raised on why Nigerians will never vote for his principal, Ibrahim Shekarau, are that his name is the […]
Coming to the core of Mr Audu’s rebuttal of the issues raised in my article, he was just touching on irrelevant non-issues but left out the substance. Mr Audu will agree with me that the issues I raised on why Nigerians will never vote for his principal, Ibrahim Shekarau, are that his name is the fourth on the EFCC list of 31 corrupt governors as documented by EFCC when Nuhu Ribadu was in charge. That he has foreign accounts in Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Thailand and Egypt as was revealed in the press as far back as 2004 and 2006 which is against the principle of the Nigerian constitution of 1999.
As was reported in the press, the former Kano State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Yusuf who is a devout Muslim expressed his dismay and displeasure that Ibrahim Shekarau and his administration is sabotaging and usurping the powers of the Nigeria Police through his hisbah outfit which are law unto themselves.
Finally and amongst other things, Shekarau has refused to give the C of O of their plots of land to the various Christian churches in Kano State and in fact went ahead to destroy some. I expected Mr Saka Raji Audu to address these issues which can be verified in EFCC office in Abuja and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) office in Kano unfortunately, he decided to touch on petty and insignificant things he created in his mind.
Mr Audu, you will agree with me that your benefactor Shekarau’s appointment of Igbo and Yoruba Christians into his administration as advisers is simply a gimmick to cover his atrocities against indigenous Hausa Kano State Christians who are not only marginalized but their children are refused placement in public schools paid for by the tax payer and of course the Niger-delta petrol dollar.
Funny enough my good friend Mr Audu made reference to the fact that his principal and benefactor was given traditional titles in Anambra and Osun, but he forgot to add the fact that it is an open secret in Nigeria of today that chieftaincy titles and honorary degrees are “cash and carry” and is therefore for the highest looters. In fact the higher you loot and plunder from the public treasury the more chiefly title you will be given. That is why persons like your principal have now graduated from being called a ‘Mallam’ when he introduced his political Sharia to being called ‘Dr’ Ibrahim Shekarau.
I expected Mr Audu to explain why his master’s administration has refused to give C of O to over 80 Churches in Kano state and he had no words to explain this barbaric behaviour unbecoming of ‘democrats’ as he claims his principal to be. I advise his master and benefactor to take a quick look over his shoulders to Gombe state or Niger state where true democrats are at work. Just last Month, not only did Danjuma Goje give C of O to Christian churches, he donated his personal money for building the CAN secretariat in Gombe state and in fact laid the foundation stone himself. Danjuma Goje is not only a Muslim but of the purest Fulani stock. This is how a true democrat should behave if you should ask me. Better still let your principal take a cue from Babatunde Fashola who though a Muslim attends almost all Christian functions and treats everybody the same, faith notwithstanding. These are the hallmark of true democrats and patriots. Please compare that to your principal where does he measure up to those mentioned above?
I am surprised too that Saka Audu is mentioning Obasanjo’s election as a good example, well for your information, Mr Audu, the military imposed Obasanjo on Nigerians in 1999 as was later said by Obasanjo himself on two occasions in Jigawa state and Sokoto state. The clear winner of the 2003 and 2007 elections was Major-General Muhammadu Buhari which INEC and the corrupt elite denied him knowing quite well that he will come and turn Nigeria round for the collective good of all of us. They will rather have the present class divide system where they can easily breed the likes of Mohammed Yusuf which they can easily use to persecute their political enemies for a peanut. If your benefactor things he will do the Obasanjo style of politics of do or die affair in 2011, then forget it. The Director General of the SSS just last week warned Nigerians of that type of politics and politicians.
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