Now that Buhari is no longer here, who will they blame?
By ANONYMOUS
When he implemented the cashless policy, security briefly improved and banditry decreased. Yet, the policy was challenged in court, and a compromised judiciary overturned it. He abided by the court’s ruling—as a true democrat. We all saw the consequences.
From the moment President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015, his administration faced relentless SABOTAGE and calculated resistance.
First, the Niger Delta Avengers emerged, crippling Nigeria’s crude oil production—from 2.1 million barrels per day to under one million. At the same time, global oil prices nosedived from $140 to below $50 per barrel, further straining the economy through no fault of his.
When he launched a bold agricultural reform to achieve food self-sufficiency, armed banditry suddenly escalated in the North-West, deliberately targeting farming communities and derailing progress.
He proposed amendments to the Criminal Justice Act to strengthen the rule of law, but vested interests in the National Assembly ganged up to ensure the bill never saw the light of day.
On one occasion, some radical elements blocked the Chief of Army Staff on his way to a Passing-Out Parade. Despite appeals, they refused to let him through. When the army responded, the same people accused Buhari of tyranny—even though the full video evidence was public.
Then came the #EndSARS protests. What began as a genuine call for reform was hijacked. Police officers were bu*nt alive, properties destroyed. When the government intervened to prevent further bloodshed, they accused him of human rights violations and dictatorship.
Boom IPOB and Nnamdi kanu emerged creating insecurity in southeast that ravaged the entire southeast, buhari was blamed for not negotiating with Biafra agitators etc.
As corruption within the judiciary became undeniable, he initiated a crackdown aimed at sanitising the system. But again, critics twisted the narrative, accusing him of undermining judicial independence.
He was poisoned and hospitalised for months. Only by the mercy of Allah did he survive.
Even with the clear constitutional separation of powers, they blamed him for everything—despite the fact that he had no control over the legislature or judiciary.
The media unfairly blamed Fulani herders for every attack in rural communities, simply because he shared their ethnicity—trying to falsely portray him as their sponsor and to discredit his leadership.
They claimed the APC was a “Muslim party” and accused him of plotting to Islamise Nigeria. Yet, in his eight years, the Vice President and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation were both Christians, and nothing of such ever happened. Ironically, after his exit, many of his loudest critics have now joined the APC.
When he implemented the cashless policy, security briefly improved and banditry decreased. Yet, the policy was challenged in court, and a compromised judiciary overturned it. He abided by the court’s ruling—as a true democrat. We all saw the consequences.
He was blamed even for the failures of local government chairmen—responsibilities completely outside the President’s constitutional purview.
Despite plummeting oil revenues and economic hardship, he ensured timely payment of salaries, sustained capital projects, and maintained operations across ministries and agencies.
And now that he is no longer here—who will they blame?
