By BUBA MARWA LEADS DELEGATION OF 52 EX- MILITARY GENERALS TO ABUJA, ENDORSES BUHARI
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BlackBox Nigeria reports that a delegation of ex-military officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force, led by former Lagos State Military Adminstrator, Buba Marwa, retd yesterday, Monday February 4th 2019 has endorsed the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.
These high ranking retired officers include one Vice Admiral, two Lt-Generals, 15 Majors General, two Rear Admirals, eight Air Vice-Marshals, 12 Brigadiers-General, three Commodores, nine Air Commodores, and 17 former military governors/administrators, among others.
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Some of the notable retired officers in attendance as part of the delegation include former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt Caleb Olubolade, and former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Jubril Ayinla.
On his reaction after the meeting with the President at the State House explained that what informed the group’s endorsement of President Buhari for a second term was his fulfilment of all he promised to do and general performance of his government in office.
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He said:
“As an officer and a gentleman, his word is his bond. After winning the elections, he brought out simple three-point programme – security, economy and fighting corruption. He led the fight and is leading the fight by personal example, which is the height of leadership. Do as I do not as I say, he has demonstrated that. ”
“On security, I have touched on the advances made before and when he took over from 2015 till date. I put the question, the bombings that used to go on in this FCT, Kaduna and so on, where are they today?”
“The herdsmen crisis up and about, the hues and cries, where are they today? Where is IPOB today? Boko Haram is not flying flags like they did before. They were in my local government for eight months, actually they even lived in my house believe it or not but they have been chased away and now they are just on the fringes of Lake Chad. Things are better.”
“You look at infrastructure, it is the same thing, things are happening everywhere, highways are coming up, there is no state of the federation that there is no work going on, the railways the same thing.”
“So the long and short of it is that when you demonstrate what you say you will do and you are from our own constituency, we must stand up and be counted. And, therefore, the retired military officers today, including former military governors, retired military officers from the ranks of brigadier general and their equivalents from other officers are here today, to tell him and Nigerians that we are fully behind him in the elections next week and we will do whatever we can within the law to see that he is victorious in the elections.”
On his part, the most senior of the retired officers, Vice Admiral Jubrila Ayinla, a former Chief of Naval Staff, who said future generations would acquit President Buhari most creditably said:
“On behalf of the generals here today, I congratulate you on the tremendous work done by this administration, and wish to state unequivocally that we are proud of you and fully behind you in the presidential elections next week. We pledge our full support and continued loyalty.”
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Buhari Receiving the generals at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari, assured that he will continue to do his best at the helms of affairs.
‘’We must, therefore, give our best for our country. The patriotism imbued in us by the military will ever remain relevant. Let’s do our best for this country,’’ the President said.
The president also praised the resilient spirit of Nigerians while he described Nigeria as a fabulous country, President Buhari said if it were not so, the country would not have survived the damage done to it materially and morally in the past, glorifying God that after 30 months civil war, with over two million lives lost, the nation was still together.
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Meanwhile, the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as reaction has dismissed President Buhari’s endorsement by the retired Generals, saying given the level of insecurity in the country since the President took over in 2015, no general worthy of his rank would endorse his quest for a fresh four year tenure.
Speaking further, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, said it was unfortunate that the said generals were not speaking up while officers and men of sundry military agencies were being killed by bandits and insurgents in some parts of the country.
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“We consider this endorsement as names dropping, just to create an aura that does not exist around President Buhari.”
“Young officers are being killed and no General has spoken on how to curb the insurgency and banditry. Is it now that Nigerians are tired of the governance style of President Buhari that Generals will be endorsing him?” He questioned.
