Former Lagos police boss and a stanch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, said Nigeria is traumatized.
He said this during a chat with The Sun while lamenting the state of the nation and while also expressing his disappointment with the Nigerian presidency on Buhari's health for shrouding the matter in utmost secrecy when as a matter of fact the whole nation is supposed to know in stead of keeping Nigerian the dark.
The former Lagos State Police Commissioner a die-in-the-wool of Buhari while speaking in the interview said the president has done excellently well but if he can no longer continue as a result of ill-health there is therefore a compelling need for him to step down after his four-year tenure.
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This was exactly the trend during late President Yar’Adua’s era when he was sick and Nigerians were kept in the dark until they could no longer manage the situation. Do you think this is what Nigerians need at this time?
Nigeria has been traumatized. We want a government that will come and act decisively to improve or rebuild Nigeria. If the President is sick, we expect that he should put his trust on credible people; bring people on board so that they will advise him on how to put this government in the direction that the country deserves.
During his military administration as head of state when the constitution was suspended, Buhari had a very strong man in the late Idiagbon who was his deputy. Both of them worked hard––though without the constitution and they could violate the rights of the people––and they performed very well. Within the short time that he ruled, corruption was tamed, just as trafficking in drugs was also tamed. People became disciplined in the society. But now, we have the National Assembly who thinks in a different way while President Buhari thinks the other way.
On the whole, I think Buhari has done excellently well. Former Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala many years back warned government that if nothing is done, the country shall come into a recession and nobody listened. Today, we are in this situation. Within the short time that Buhari has come on board, he has done something to improve the situation. If it’s possible today to bring in one of the prophets of God to rule Nigeria, Nigerians will still find faults with him. So, the politics they are doing here is quite natural. But I think Nigerians should be more reasonable. I sympathize with the people of Nigeria and the Presidency about what is happening. As at now, we don’t know what the ailment of the President is.
If I say he is in a very critical state now, I am lying because I don’t know. But I pray that God Almighty would restore his health so that he can come back and continue with the job he has started. And, if he feels he cannot go any longer, when his four-year tenure ends, he should step down
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