DISCRIMINATORY APPOINTMENTS AGAINST NON-MUSLIMS IN NIGERIA

VIOLATION OF PRINCIPLE OF FEDERAL CHARACTER IN FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS

By Solomon Asemota, SAN For and on behalf of COALITION OF CHRISTIAN GROUPS

Section 171 sub-Section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) stipulates that the President in exercising his powers of appointment under this section shall have regard to the Federal Character of Nigeria and the need to promote National unity. A critical look at the list of appointments by this administration shows utter disregard for issues that promote National unity and a gross violation of the Constitution. We wonder how Mr. President can relate the impunity of his administration to his mantra; fight against corruption. By flagrantly violating Sections 171(5) and 10 of the Constitution, the President has presented himself as corrupt.

Below are some of the very important appointments made by “Federal Islamist Jihadist’s imperial Government” to confirm our apprehension:

Chief Executives of Educational institutions:
1] Head of Universities: NUC Prof. Abubakar AdamuRasheed Hausa/Fulani Muslim

2] Head of Polytechnics: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
3] Head of Colleges of Education: Prof. Bappah AliyuHausa/Fulani Muslim

4] Head of TETFUND: Dr. Abdulahi Baffa Hausa/Fulani Muslim

5] Head of JAMB: Prof. Ishaq Oloyede-Professor of Arabic studies–Muslim

6] Head of UBEC Dr. Hameed Bobboyi: Hausa/Fulani Muslim

7] Head of NABTEB: Hausa/Fulani Muslim
8] Head of NTI: Prof. Garba Dahuwa Azare Hausa/Fulani Muslim.

88% of the appointments are Northern Muslim/Fulani Muslim. (Only one person is from South West, nevertheless, a Muslim.)

This is in addition of handing over the Security Units in the Nation to Muslims. President Buhari has masterfully completed the configuration of the entire National Security structure/architecture firmly in the hands of the Northern Hausa-Fulani Muslims alone to the exclusion of all other ethnic groups in Nigeria. This is definitely unfair, not just to Christians but to all non-Muslims in Nigeria.

The Security Units are configured as follows:
1. Police IG ........... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

2.Chief of Army Staff ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

3. Minister for Defense ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

4. Minister for Internal Affairs ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

5. National Security Adviser (NSA) ......... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

6. DG, Department of State Services (DSS) ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

7. Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil DefenseCorp (NSCDC) ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

8. Chief of Staff ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

9. ADC to President ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

10. CSO to President ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

11. Principal Secretary ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

12. Private Secretary to President ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

13. Protocol to President ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

14. DG Customs .......... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

15. DG, EFCC ....... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani
16. DG, Nigeria Prisons ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

17. DG, Immigration ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

18. Chairman, INEC ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

19. Minister for Petroleum ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

20. Minister for FCT ........ Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

21. President/Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces ............. Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

Fellow Nigerians, added to the above disturbing appointments are:

1. Head of National Assembly/Senate President ...... Northern Muslim

2. Head of Judiciary/Chief Justice of Nigeria ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

3. Head, Federal Courts of Appeal ...... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

4. All Registrars and Principal Officers all Levels of the Federal Judiciary ..... Northern Muslim Hausa-Fulani

5. Clerk of the National Assembly ...... Northern Muslim.

Police Officers Announced as New AIGs:
1] Ibrahim Adamu, AIG, Zone 1
2] Abdulmajid Ali, AIG, Zone 2
3] Usman Tilli, AIG zone 3
4] Dorothy Gimba AIG, Investment Formation
5] Mohammed Mohammed, AIG Special Protection Unit
6] Mohammed Katsina, AIG National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos. It is notable that State CPs were also Promoted to AIG making it a total of 18 New AIGs.

Other appointments of President Buhari are as follows:

1. DG DPR, Mordecai Ladan. North/West
2. Accountant-General Ahmed Idris;. Nort/ West
3. Chief of Protocol, Lawal Kazaure Kano North/West

4. Chairman INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu North/East
5. Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari Borno North/East
6. DG NIMASA, Buba Haruna Jauro Yobe North/East
7. Head of Service, Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita South/South

8. SSA Media, Shehu Garba Kano North/West
9. SA Media, Femi Adeshina Osun South/West
10. CG NSCDC, Abdulahi Mohammed North Central
11. DG SSS, Lawal Daura Katsina North/West
12. NSA, Babagana Monguno Borno North/East
13. CDS, Abayomi Gabriel Ekiti South/West
14. Chief of Army Staff, T. Y. Buratai Borno North/East

15. Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Sadique Bauchi North/East

16. Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas Cross River South/South

17. DG Amnesty, Brig. P. T. Boroh South/South
18. ADC, Mohammed Lawal Kano North/West
19. CSO, Abdulrahman Mani North/West
20. EVC NCC, Umaru Danbatta Kano North/West
21. Chairman Transition Committee, Ahmed Joda North/East

22. MD AMCON, Ahmed Lawan Kuru North/West
23. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
24. Aliyu Yahaya Gusau DG Budget North/West
25. EC FIRS, Dr Williams Babatunde Fowler Lagos South/West

26. Babachir David Lawal SGF North/East
27. CG Customs, Col Hameed Ali North/West
28. CG Immigration, Kure Martin Abeshi North Central

29. SSA NASS, Suleiman A. Kawu North Central
30. SSA NASS, Ita S.J. Enang South/South
31. MD NPA, Habibu Abdulahi Kano North/West
32. DG Budget, Aliyu Gusau Zamfara North/West
33. EFCC, Madu Ibrahim North/West
34. DG NOTAP, Dan Azumi Mohammed North/West
35. NIMC, Engr. Aliyu M Aziz North Central
36. NDIC, Umaru Ibrahim Kano North/West
37. Federal Character, Shettima Bukar Abba North/East Borno

38. SA Social Protection, Maryam Uwais Kaduna, North/West

39. Chairman NDLEA, Muhammad Abdallah Adamawa, North/East

40. MD NDDC, Sam Ekere A/Ibom, South/South
41. PA New Media, Bashir Ahmed Kano, North/West
42. NEITI Waziri Adio, Osun South/West
42. DG SMEDAN Dr Dikko Umaru Raqqa. KatsinaNorth/West

43. DG NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside Rivers South/South
44. OPEC, Sec Gen Mohammed Barkindo North/West
45. DG NYSC, Kazaure North/West
46. SA Prosecution, Okoi Obono-obla Cross River South/South

47. CG Prisons, Ahmed Jafaru Jigawa North/West
48. CG Immigration, Mohammed Babandede JigawaNorth/West

Let us attempt a tally of the last set numbered 1-48 only

North/West 25
North/East 9
North Central 4
South/West 4
South/ South 6
South/ East 0
This is the full list of the army officers compulsorily retired by Muhammadu Buhari. They are 90% non-Muslims. It projects that Ethnic and Regional cleansing continues:

Maj. Gen TC Ude (SE-)
Maj. Gen LC Ilo (SE)
Maj. Gen IN Ijeoma (SE)
Maj. Gen O Ejimai (SE)
Maj. Gen PAT Akem (SS)
Maj. Gen ED Atewe (SS)
Maj. Gen Letam Wiwa (younger brother of murdered Environmental Rights activist and Author, Ken Saro-Wiwa) (SS)

Maj. Gen FO Alli (SS)
Maj. Gen Mobolaji Koleoso (SW)
Maj. Gen SD Aliyu (MB)
Maj. Gen MY Ibrahim
Brig. Gen GO Agachi (SE)
Brig. Gen Okonkwo (SE)
Brig. Gen Ogidi (SS)
Brig. Gen Koko Essien (SS)
Brig. Gen PE Ekpeyong (SS)
Brig. Gen Bright Fiboinumama (SS)
Brig. Gen. M. Onoyiveta (SS)
Brig. Gen IMD Lawson (SS)
Brig. Gen Oyefesobi (SW)
Brig. Gen AI Onibasa (SW)
Brig. Gen Bashir Mormo (SS)
Brig. Gen AH Sa’ad (SS)-Former ADC to late President Musa Yar'adua

Brig. Gen MG Ali
Brig. Gen LN Bello
Brig. Gen D Abdusalam
Col. CK Ukoha (SE)
Col. OU Nwankwo (SE)
Col. Nicholas Achinze -Dasuki’s ADC (SE)
Col. Tonye F Minimah –Younger brother of former Chief of Army Staff, LT. General Kenneth Minimah (SS)

Col. FD Kayode (SW)
Col. Ojogbane Adegbe –ADC to former President GoodluckJonathan (MB)

Col. Audu (MB)
Col. DR Hassan
Col. MA Suleiman
Lt. Col GC Nyekwu (SS)
Lt. Col C Enechukwu (SE)
Lt. Col CO Amadi (SE)
Lt. Col Adimoha (SS)
Lt. Col OC Egemode (SS)
Lt. Col TE Arigbe (SW)
Lt. Col TO Oladuntoye (SW)
Lt. Col Baba Ochankpa (MB)
Lt. Col DB Dazang (MB)
Lt. Col A Mohammed
Lt. Col AS Mohammed
God Bless Nigeria
Solomon Asemota, SAN
For and on behalf of
COALITION OF CHRISTIAN GROUPS
National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF); Nigerian Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF); Think Tank For The Body Of Christ; Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON); Association of Christian Schools in Nigeria (ACSIN); Students Christian Movement (SCM); Christian Professionals Forum (CPF); Ministers Prayer Network (MPN); International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ); Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association (NEMA); International Prophetic Ministerial Association (IPMA) (Inc. Worldwide College of Bishops & Ministers, Africa, UK & USA); Intercessors Without Walls (IWW); Wailing Women International (WWI); Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship; Nigerian Fellowship of Christian Students (NIFES); University Joint Campus Christian Fellowship (UJCM); Nigerian Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF); Nigeria Supreme Council For Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA); African Association for Ecclesiastical Affairs (AAEA), The Preacher (TP).

8th August, 2016

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