9th October, 2024
PRESS RELEASE:
ALLEGATION
AGAINST SENATOR BUBA POLITICALLY MOTIVATED – MURIC
An Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights
Concern (MURIC), has vouched for Senator Shehu Umar Buba. The group said the
allegation made against him should be ignored because it is politically
motivated.
MURIC spoke on Wednesday, 9th October, 2024
through its Founder and Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.
He said:
“The governor of Bauchi State, Bala Muhammed, recently wrote
a petition to the presidency accusing the senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial
District, Shehu Umar Buba, of sponsoring banditry.
“This allegation is false, malicious, baseless and without
any credibility whatsoever. Egged on by a totalitarian propensity and a
luciferous passion, the petitioner went all out to pin the most hated trending
crime in the country on a hardworking political rival and member of an
opposition party in his state. This accusation is ludicrous, odious, odorous
and insidious.
“We are
persuaded to interrogate the motive behind the petition. Governor Bala is in
his second term in office. Nigerian governors are in the habit of wanting to remain
politically relevant after serving their two terms by becoming senators. Our
findings have proved that the governor is from the same senatorial district as
Senator Buba. He may therefore consider Senator Buba as someone standing
between him and his senatorial ambition if he nurses one.
“MURIC has known Senator Shehu Buba since 2013 (eleven years
ago). He comes across as a young politician with the passion of the founding
fathers of Nigeria. He is an embodiment of honesty, credibility and integrity. He
loves his country with incredible passion and he has made immense sacrifices
for this in the past. When it comes to proficiency, Senator Shehu Umar Buba is primus
inter pareil.
“The sense of
commitment with which he takes risks for his country is amazing. So is his
flair for encouraging non-governmental organisations to engage in actions
capable of inspiring hardwork, patriotism, transparency and accountability
among young Nigerians. Such a man cannot empathise with talk less of sponsoring
bandits. It is simply laughable. This allegation exists only in the figment of the
imagination of the petitioner.
“MURIC appeals to the Presidency and the Senate to ignore
this allegation. In particular, we urge members of the Senate Committee on National
Security and Intelligence to see the false allegation as deliberately crafted to
erode their confidence in Senator Shehu Buba. That is why it was designed to don
the distinguished senator in the garb of a security threat.
“We call on Nigerians to dismiss the allegation against the
distinguished senator. Those who have interacted with him personally have found
him to be well educated, highly polished, morally upright, very competent and
highly intelligent.
“Bala
Muhammed was born on Sunday, 5th October 1958. In comparison, Shehu
Buba was born on Saturday, 2nd October, 1976. We have before us a 66
years old governor trying to destroy the political career of a 48 years old
senator. This is a good example of how old politicians have been destroying the
young ones. This is profiling. It is witch-hunting. What happened to ‘Not Too
Young To Rule’?
“Before we pull the curtains, we assert clearly,
unequivocally and emphatically, that this allegation is another manifestation
of the Satanic pull-him-down-syndrome (PhD). It is as simple as giving a dog a
bad name in order to kill it. This kind of evil must not be allowed in a God-fearing
society. We cannot afford to sacrifice excellence on the altar of mediocrity. Shehu
Buba needs the presidency’s protection.”
#Presidency
#LeaveShehuBubaAlone
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Founder/Executive Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC).
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