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Femi Fani-Kayode, spokes person for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential campaign organization has commended , former military president,Ibrahim Babangida for the 1985 coup that forced Muhammadu Buhari out of office as Head of state; THE CABLE reports.
Speaking at a press conference in Umuahia, capital of Abia state, on Sunday, Fani-Kayode said, ''We thank God for the courage of General Ibrahim Babangida and all those that risked their lives and saw fit to remove Buhari from office in 1985. Nigeria was turned into a massive slave camp in which many were tortured, brutalised, humiliated, killed and sent to jail without any due process or evidence of wrongdoing under Buhari between 1983 and 1985.
''That is his legacy to the Nigerian people. Yet today, General Muhammadu Buhari, that same man that staged a coup d’etat against a democratically-elected president in 1983, that same man that was himself removed from office in 1985 by another coup d’etat and that same man after whose removal our people rejoiced in the streets now wants to be a democratically-elected president himself.
''He has tried three times before and has failed yet he keeps trying. We consider it as part of our job to stop him from achieving this ambition because we regard him as being nothing but a plague and an affliction to the Nigerian people. We intend to continue to subject General Buhari to public scrutiny and we will not derail in keeping to that standard until our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, a man of destiny, compassion and character, wins the coming presidential election''.
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Speaking at a press conference in Umuahia, capital of Abia state, on Sunday, Fani-Kayode said, ''We thank God for the courage of General Ibrahim Babangida and all those that risked their lives and saw fit to remove Buhari from office in 1985. Nigeria was turned into a massive slave camp in which many were tortured, brutalised, humiliated, killed and sent to jail without any due process or evidence of wrongdoing under Buhari between 1983 and 1985.
''That is his legacy to the Nigerian people. Yet today, General Muhammadu Buhari, that same man that staged a coup d’etat against a democratically-elected president in 1983, that same man that was himself removed from office in 1985 by another coup d’etat and that same man after whose removal our people rejoiced in the streets now wants to be a democratically-elected president himself.
''He has tried three times before and has failed yet he keeps trying. We consider it as part of our job to stop him from achieving this ambition because we regard him as being nothing but a plague and an affliction to the Nigerian people. We intend to continue to subject General Buhari to public scrutiny and we will not derail in keeping to that standard until our candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, a man of destiny, compassion and character, wins the coming presidential election''.
#Buhari #Babangida #FaniKayode
