Sentences with phrase «served as a military head of state»

He was even applauded by many when he claimed he could not afford the presidential nomination form of his party despite having served as a military head of state, a key player in another military government adjudged as most corrupt by both local and international bodies, a former military governor, a petroleum minister and chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), an agency that was also alleged of corruption.

Osuntokun said Buhari should not forget to blame himself for Nigeria's woes since he is also a former leader having served as a military head of state from 1983 to 1985.

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My tweet of Friday April 20, 2018 was typical of the reaction, «Actually Buhari was describing himself - he didn't get a good education and has no certificate; he's lived on the Nigerian state all his life; he doesn't like work; and he's fixated on Nigeria's oil...» In truth, Buhari has not presented evidence of completing secondary school - in all the elections he contested, including in 2015 he tendered affidavits to INEC and has declined to perform the simple task of providing his school certificate; since he joined the army in 1961, he has been a «ward» of the Nigerian state and served in multiple states as military governor, as Minister of Petroleum and Chairman of NNPC board under illegal military regimes; he was himself an unconstitutional military head of state; he was Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) under the despotic and thieving dictator, Abacha; and is now back as civilian president.