Nigeria may witness a return to fascism and a relapse to ethnic favoritism if one of the Ministerial candidates emerges as the next Minister of Defense, Apapa Oodua Koya, (AOKOYA) warned in a statement issued on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Pan Yoruba group in the statement signed by Col Abimbola Sowunmi (rtd) the selection of General Bashir Magashi as a Ministerial nominee is \u201ca very bad omen for Nigeria.\u201d The group defined him as a \u2018notorious ethnic champion who wishes to see Nigeria shaped in the image of his own Fulani hegemony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AOKOYA said the group is in possession of confidential information indicating that Magashir will eventually emerge as the country\u2019s Minister of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe caution the Senate to look at the background of General Magashi. His records show fascism and narrow ethnic favoritism. He was in the caucus of former dictator, General Sani Abacha. He produced a document codenamed \u201cWay Forward\u201d which recommended that Abacha should succeed himself through diarchy, a government of military dictatorship with civilian rookies. The Senate should ask General Magashi about his role in the numerous political assassinations that took place under Abacha especially the assassination of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola These are the questions we expect the Senate to ask him\u201d, AOKOYA stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group said Magashi was in charge of Brigade of Guards in September 1993 and was deeply involved in the annulment of June 12 election and the installation of Gen Sani Abacha. \u201cHe is from Kano. He was Abacha\u2019s most trusted ally. He was also involved in the activities of the killer squad ran by Abacha.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AOKOYA said Magashi had \u201cdeep hatred\u201d for ethnic nationalities in the South and the Middle Belt and that his choice and possible emergence as the country\u2019s Defense Minister is akin to handing over the country to a \u201cconscious Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group said though Magazhi is a lawyer who graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, he is best known for his record as a \u201cbrutal military dictator\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AOKOYA said if Bagashir eventually emerges as Nigerian Defense Minister, it will mark a strengthen a paradigm shift from protection of the Nigerian people to the protection of Fulani hegemony using Nigerian state structures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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