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Remove Buhari If You Want To End Killings In Southern Kaduna

Remove Buhari If You Want To End Killings In Southern Kaduna

A former presidential aspirant of the National Conscience Party (NCP), Martin Onovo, proposes an end to the killings in Southern Kaduna, among other issues.

He said that the removal of President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria's president will serve as an effective way to end the crisis in that region.

He said this in an interview with The Sun, fielding questions on the crisis besieging the country.

Onovo added that Buhari and the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, have been indicted by the 'Centre for Inclusive Governance' over the persistent killings in Southern Kaduna.

He said, "If you can recall, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma had said that members of the armed forces are conniving with the killers. Please note that Gen. Buhari is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces that are conniving with the killers. Gen. Buhari is a Muslim, the killers are Muslims. Gen. Buhari is a Fulani, the killers are Fulani. Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has lamented about, government-sponsored genocide against Southern Kaduna Peoples.

"The Movement for Fundamental Change; the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Katsina State protesters have all at different times called on Buhari to resign over these killings and we agree with them.

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"What should be done to stop these killings is to remove Gen. Buhari and Mallam El-Rufai from office immediately since they have refused to resign. The ‘Centre for Inclusive Governance’ has indicted both Gen. Buhari and Mallam El-Rufai for promoting the killings in Southern Kaduna. They must leave office immediately. Further, in a restructured Nigeria, we can create a new state for the Southern Kaduna people."

On Nigeria's Loans

Onovo countered the assertion of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that Nigeria cannot carry out any infrastructural development without loans from China.

He countered the statement saying, ‘the borrower is a slave to the lender,’ and ‘he who goes borrowing, goes sorrowing.’ 

Onovo questioned why the country only sought to borrow loans and not lend to other countries in need of loans.

He also said that the country can very much fund its projects without loans from China if the government cuts down the cost of governance, check corruption, and promotes prudent spending.

"Mr. Rotimi Amaechi forgot to add that, ‘the borrower is a slave to the lender.’ He also forgot to add that, ‘He who goes borrowing, goes sorrowing.’ We wish to ask him why we are not lending to other countries instead of borrowing from them. He claimed that we will repay the loans as agreed but he did not show how we will do so since we are presently borrowing more to service existing loans," he said.

M"r. Amaechi is clearly wrong in his claim that infrastructural projects cannot continue without Chinese loans. We will definitely have funds to finance infrastructural projects if we check corruption, ensure fiscal discipline, minimise waste, promote prudence, and control the cost of governance. There is a credible published position that some African rulers prefer loans from China because they receive bribes from the Chinese. Please, tell Mr. Rotimi Amaechi that, the funds currently being wasted by the ruling party for election campaigns in Edo State can be applied to infrastructural development."

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