By Political Animal
Buhari repaid my father by making me Chief of Army Staff – Buratai
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (rtd), has admitted that the President gave him an appointment, because of the relationship between his father and Buhari.
Buratai stated this during a gala night organized by the 29th Regular Course Association in Abuja.
The event was to honour the ex Army Chief as the longest-serving COAS.
According to him, his appointment in July 2015 was a prize for the loyalty of his father, Yusuf Buratai, to Buhari.
Buratai’s father was non-commissioned officer in the Royal West African Frontier Force and a World War II veteran who fought in Burma.
Buratai said,
“My father was an ardent lover of the President and my appointment as COAS, therefore, was a price or reward for that gesture by the President.
“Of course, and as you have been told severally, we (the President and I) met in Njemena and he saw me and felt I was the right person to be COAS at that very crucial and critical moment of our history.
“And I am happy that we have discharged our responsibilities diligently, professionally and loyally, and I will continue to discharge my responsibilities to him and of course to our country and our people.”
On his immediate appointment as ambassador ,seconds after retirement,
I’m not a politician but Obasanjo almost retired me 21 years ago as Major “.
Can you now imagine the state of our security agencies and headship.
The reason some sections of the country can never smell such position
Remember that on several occasions Nigerians were requesting for his removal ,the Nigerian senate summmoned him severally and called for his sack which Brutai shunned.Do you blame him?
That the ex-Army Chief admitted that he was appointed because of his father’s relationship with the President is scary.
Choosing military chiefs based on favours instead of merit is why Nigeria ranks 161st of 162 countries in ” Security and Safety” by @CatoInstitute.
The “I owe you one arrangements” is the reason the country is sinking.
Making appointments based on favour and not competence sinks the nation , deeper and deeper than we can ever imagine.
It worsens our security situation.
Nigerian leadership atimes reminds me of our great grandparents and their marriage template .
It was so designed by the ancestors that a woman should not be heard.Slavery, domestication, intimidation and bullying. Our leaders seem to have deployed that template in governance.
We have just become the wives of our leaders, bullied and intimidated.We are supposed to be in the other room, while they take whatever decisions they like, whether we like it or not.
It is difficult sometimes to make any sense or meaning to their line of thinking.A special breed of human beings.
We can now understand why these retired soldiers were immediately given ambassadorial appointments to be rubber stamped or confirmed by a “RUBBER STAMP” @NGRSenate.
It is possible that some Senators may not be in support of these kangaroo ambassadors,but when you have the puppet majority what should you expect?
When you have a toothless minority in opposition with almost the same mindset what do you expect?
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