A former spokesman of the Pan Yoruba group,
Afenifere, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has blamed the
nation’s woes on intrusion into democracy by the
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari-led military junta
in 1983.
Adeyeye, who is also a Peoples Democratic Party
governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, in a
statement on Wednesday, said Nigerians needed
to be reminded that the military, led by Buhari,
disrupted the country’s development 30 years
ago.
He said democracy would have been developed
beyond its present level if Buhari, a former
military dictator, had not toppled the Alhaji
Shehu Shagari-led civil government in 1983.
He said, “God won’t allow the retrogressive
elements in the APC to destroy Nigeria the way
they did on December 31, 1983.
“It is on record that the Alhaji Shehu Shagari’s
government started the Ajaokuta Steel Rolling
Mill and was almost completing it before Buhari
led others to overthrow the government. The
dream of Ajaokuta was killed by that military
coup led by Buhari. All efforts to revive it by the
(President Goodluck) Jonathan-led government
have been impeded by unresolved court actions.
“In Lagos State, the Alhaji Lateef Jakande’s
government had commenced the Metroline
Transportation System, but what did the Buhari-
led military government do? It truncated the
project and went on to pay $78m compensation
to the contractor at the expense of Lagos tax
payers.
“Before the 1983 military coup, the Jakande-led
Lagos State Government only needed the Federal
Government to guarantee a N100m loan and the
Shagari-led government was ready to do it, but
Buhari cancelled the laudable project and paid
$78m compensation to the contractor.
“If Jakande was going to give Lagosians Metroline
in 1983, and he (Jakande) could build Lagos
State Secretariat, Alausa; several low cost
houses, roads, Lagos State University, Lagos
State Polytechnic, Lagos State Television, the
permanent site of the Adeniran Ogunsanya
College of Education, among other landmark
achievements, shouldn’t we begin to ask
ourselves what would have happened to Lagos
State in terms of development if Jakande had
ruled the state for eight years?
“Now we have Dr. Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal
Government that has demonstrated strong
commitment to the return of the country’s lost
glories. These same elements are telling us that
because President Jonathan is from a minority
Ijaw tribe, he must not be allowed to have a
second term.
“Their main reason for opposing President
Jonathan is not lack of developmental strides,
but because a minority Ijaw man does not have
the rights to rule the country.”
Afenifere, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has blamed the
nation’s woes on intrusion into democracy by the
Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari-led military junta
in 1983.
Adeyeye, who is also a Peoples Democratic Party
governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, in a
statement on Wednesday, said Nigerians needed
to be reminded that the military, led by Buhari,
disrupted the country’s development 30 years
ago.
He said democracy would have been developed
beyond its present level if Buhari, a former
military dictator, had not toppled the Alhaji
Shehu Shagari-led civil government in 1983.
He said, “God won’t allow the retrogressive
elements in the APC to destroy Nigeria the way
they did on December 31, 1983.
“It is on record that the Alhaji Shehu Shagari’s
government started the Ajaokuta Steel Rolling
Mill and was almost completing it before Buhari
led others to overthrow the government. The
dream of Ajaokuta was killed by that military
coup led by Buhari. All efforts to revive it by the
(President Goodluck) Jonathan-led government
have been impeded by unresolved court actions.
“In Lagos State, the Alhaji Lateef Jakande’s
government had commenced the Metroline
Transportation System, but what did the Buhari-
led military government do? It truncated the
project and went on to pay $78m compensation
to the contractor at the expense of Lagos tax
payers.
“Before the 1983 military coup, the Jakande-led
Lagos State Government only needed the Federal
Government to guarantee a N100m loan and the
Shagari-led government was ready to do it, but
Buhari cancelled the laudable project and paid
$78m compensation to the contractor.
“If Jakande was going to give Lagosians Metroline
in 1983, and he (Jakande) could build Lagos
State Secretariat, Alausa; several low cost
houses, roads, Lagos State University, Lagos
State Polytechnic, Lagos State Television, the
permanent site of the Adeniran Ogunsanya
College of Education, among other landmark
achievements, shouldn’t we begin to ask
ourselves what would have happened to Lagos
State in terms of development if Jakande had
ruled the state for eight years?
“Now we have Dr. Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal
Government that has demonstrated strong
commitment to the return of the country’s lost
glories. These same elements are telling us that
because President Jonathan is from a minority
Ijaw tribe, he must not be allowed to have a
second term.
“Their main reason for opposing President
Jonathan is not lack of developmental strides,
but because a minority Ijaw man does not have
the rights to rule the country.”
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