Nepotism in Buhari's government is the worst - Dr Junaid

– Dr Junaid Mohammed has cast some
aspersion on the Buhari-led government
– Mohammed say there is great nepotism in
the the APC-led administration
– The ex-Joint House Leader of the defunct
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) sppoke on
the ills in the Nigerian government
A chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, and member of the Defence
Committee in the second republic, Dr Junaid
Mohammed has said that there is a group
wielding power within President Buhari’s
administration.
President Buhari
In a recent interview with The Punch, Dr
Mohammed reacted to talks about a cabal
hijacking the presidency, a charge the
presidency has denied.
Mohammed said: “Let me say straight away
that whether one calls it a cabal or a mafia
or some kind of cult or whatever, there is a
group of people who are wielding power
within the presidency under Buhari. Whatever
you say it is; it is and a lot worse.
First, the most influential person in the
presidency today is one Mamman Daura
whom as you know, is a nephew of the
president.
His father was Buhari’s elder brother. In
addition, Mamman Daura was the one who
single handedly brought up Abba Kyari, the
current Chief of Staff to the President.
In fact, Abba Kyari knows Mamman Daura
more than he knows his own father. Next,
the Personal Assistant to Buhari himself is
the son of Mamman Daura, next is what they
call SCOP, State Chief of Protocol, and is
also a son-in-law to Mamman Daura
because he is married to Mamman Daura’s
daughter.
Next, the Minister they unilaterally chose,
against the interest of the party and against
the wishes of Sokoto people, happens to be
the daughter of the younger sister of
Mamman Daura’s wife. Both of them are
daughters of Sultan Dasuki, who was sacked
by General Abacha.
We have the Aide De Camp to Buhari himself,
Colonel Abubakar. He is married to the
granddaughter of one of Buhari’s elder
sisters.
Next we have the woman who represents
Kaduna in the Federal Executive Council, she
is a cousin to Kaduna State governor, Nasir
el-Rufai.
It is well known that el-Rufai is one of the
closest governors to Muhammadu Buhari.
Next, we have the Minister for the Federal
Capital Territory.
The Minister of the FCT is the man called
Musa Bello, who used to be the Managing
Director of the Northern Nigeria Development
Corporation, which used to be the biggest
holding company that belonged to all the
northern states.
His only qualification to be FCT minister is
the fact that his father has been Buhari’s
friend over the years.
Now, there is a young man called Sabiu
Yusuf, nicknamed Tunde – probably because
of late General Tunde Idiagbon. He is another
PA to President Buhari. He is also a grandson
of another sister of Buhari.
This is enough to prove to you that this is
shamelessly the worst form of nepotism in
the history of government in Nigeria.
In fact, in the history of Africa, let me make
bold to assert that I have never seen any
level of nepotism that has equalled or
surpassed this in my entire life – I am now in
my 67th year.
Another thing I also want you to know is
that, Amina Zakari, who was and still a
national commissioner in the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC)
representing the entire seven states in the
North-West.
It is being claimed that Buhari knows nothing
about her appointment (before he became
President), it is a lie. When President
Goodluck Jonathan was re-organising the
INEC and he was bringing in Prof Attahiru
Jega, he reached out to Buhari and asked
Buhari to nominate somebody from the
North-West so that that person would be a
national commissioner.
Of all the people in the North-West, Buhari
decided to nominate his own niece, the
daughter of his elder sister- Amina Zakari.
She has been there; when Jega left, Buhari
was determined to make her chairman, it was
because of the massive backlash that he
dropped the idea like hot potatoes.
As we are talking today, that woman is a
national commissioner which means she is
one of the principal election umpires.
Throughout my reading of history, political
science and social sciences generally, I have
never heard of any dictator or any tyrant
under any system of government whether
totalitarian or fascist, appointing his own
niece to conduct elections in which he was
either a party or going to be a party to;
Buhari has done that.