By Ali Badmus
Many Nigerians have forgotten very quickly how the regime of
General Buhari killed and incarcerated many people during their thankfully
short-lived regime. We believe Nigerians want a leader and not a dictator. Buhari said himself that he never regretted
the murder of Ogbengbe and numerous others that were wrongfully convicted and
sentenced to death, sometimes through a retroactive decree.
Nigerians have you forgotten how Buhari after staging a coup
kept President Shehu Shagari in house
detention in Ikoyi while his powerless deputy, Alex Ekwueme, was locked up in
Kiri-kiri prisons? What of the manhandling of the respected Tai Solarin who was
incarcerated and then denied his medical treatment?
Buhari cancelled former Governor Jakande's metro line and
forfeited the $50 million paid for it by the then Lagos State Government, how
callous is that? Buhari went ahead to ban
the Nigeria medical Association (NMA), he humiliated the Oni of Ife over a trip
to Israel showing his lack of regard for our revered royal institutions
Remember Chief Adekunle Ajasin? Have you forgotten his
illegal detention after he was arraigned and acquitted by an election tribunal?
Buhari re-arrested Ajasin on several occasions and later ordered that he be
detained indefinitely just for winning an election. Yet he wants to obtain
power now through democratic means.
To support General Buhari would be a crime against the many
Nigerians that suffered tyranny in the hands of the general and to the souls of
those who died in his hands.
Let us hold General Buhari accountable for all the
atrocities committed during his time.
Nigerians do not be fooled. Remember what he has done
before. Be sure that he will do it all again if given the chance.
Badmus contributed this piece from Abuja
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