Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has described the recent induced impeachment or threats of impeachment of the All progressives Congress Governors as threat to the nation’s ailing democracy.
The national leader of the APC said that the development does not augur well for the survival of a fragile nation like Nigeria or the survival of its young democracy.
Buhari in a statement issued in Kaduna said the developments were distractions for the nation’s ongoing battle against the terror group, Boko Haram.
He said, “Whether or not President Goodluck Jonathan is behind the gale of impeachment or the utilization of desperate tactics to suffocate the opposition and turn Nigeria into a one-party state, what cannot be denied is that they are happening under his watch, and he cannot pretend not to know, since that will be akin to hiding behind one finger.
”In my capacity as an elder statesman, rather than a politician, I have spoken to President Jonathan in private over these issues, but indications are that the strategy has not yielded positive fruits. I cannot, just because I am an opposition politician, fail to do what is expected of me as an elder statesman to help rescue our nation in times of great trouble and palpable uncertainty.
”History will not be kind to me if I sit back while things turn bad, just so that no one will accuse me of partisanship. Yes, I am a politician. Yes, I am in the opposition. Yes, there is the tendency for my statement to be misconstrued as that of a politician rather than a statesman. But I owe it as matter of duty and honour, and in the interest of our nation, to speak out on the dangerous trajectory that our nation is heading.
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