“Where were you when Buhari northernised every position in Nigeria?” – Lawyer Mike Ozekhome slams Northerners who complain that Tinubu has ”Yorubanised” Nigeria
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mike Ozekhome, has attributed the perceived ethnic bias in President Bola Tinubu’s appointments to the precedent set by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking at a symposium on human rights organized by the International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) in Abuja on Wednesday, December 11, Ozekhome argued that President Tinubu’s preference for appointing individuals from his Yoruba ethnic group was unsurprising, as similar practices were accepted under Buhari’s administration.
“When I hear today the northerners complain that Tinubu has ‘Yorubanised’ Nigeria, with so many Yorubas in the highest places in Nigeria, it’s true they are making a point. But the question I would ask is, Where were you when Buhari, for eight years, literally ‘northernised’ every position in Nigeria? You were either a northerner or a Muslim.
I cried, I cried, I wrote and wrote. I wrote tons of articles. One of the 50 books which I presented on my 67th birthday was titled: ‘How Buhari Mismanaged Nigeria.’ Some people called it ‘na we we,’ this is our man, and even if he is riding roughshod over all of us, it doesn’t matter.
Hear no evil, see no evil because he is our man. Even if it is not benefitting us, the fact that he is our man is sufficient. Once it is no longer our man, we must also take up arms. No country grows like that.” he said
