C-O-N-F-U-S-I-O-N! Buhari Is Not Nigerian Nelson Mandela. by George Onmonya Daniel

Maj Gen Muhammadu Buhari cannot be compared to Nelson Mandela in anyway. They are two different people. MANDELA::: 1] Mandela was a lawyer. A very educated and sophisticated man. Despite all he went through in the hands of the apathied regime. 2] He came out of prison and held no grudge but worked with his jailers and former enemies to start up the building of a new Rainbow Nation. 3] His humility and humanity baffles everyone. 4] He was not carried away by hype. 5] He said it that he was no saint. Mandela was a philosopher. Dr Nelson Mandela was a great leader and to him all that matters was sacrifice. He was an exemplary leader. Tune to your TV and see what he said when he was alive, what he did and what people are saying about him now as tribute. BUHARI::: On the contrary; 1] Muhammadu Buhari isn't that educated and sophisticated. 2] I don't know if Muhammadu Buhari has forgiven Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida for plotting that coup that removed him from government. 3] The obsession with Muhammad Buhari is only among Muslims in the North and not all over Nigeria. 4] I have never heard Muhammadu Buhari condemn the numerous sectarian violence in the North before it snowballed into Boko Haram from the time of Sharia till recently. 5] Buhari and his supporters claims that he is a saint. You don't have to be the president to condemn evil. Mandela would have strongly condemned such violence. Look at South Africa. Jews, Arabs, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Budhists and people of all colours are paying their respect. Even Nigerians wish he was a Nigerian. Nobody should compare any Nigerian leader to Nelson Mandela.