2023: Buratai asked to join presidential race

As the 2023 general elections gather momentum, former chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai, has been urged to run for the number one job of the country.
The call was made by a group, Fusion 774, at a press conference Friday in Abuja.

Convener of the group, Comrade Sadiq Jikta, while extolling the virtues of the retired General turned Diplomat said, the call is borne out of the security challenge the country is facing.
“We the members of Fusion774, a political support and economic advocacy group, today the 22nd of April, 2022, announce our call to Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (Rtd), to come out and contest for the Office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

“We have witnessed different threat to our survival as a country, from civil disturbances, ethnic to religious conflicts, the Niger delta armed groups, kidnaping, banditry have become the order of the day. Citizens can’t live freely; they have to live under different threat to live and properties, this situation has created unassuming hardship in the land, it is now difficult for citizens to access the basic needs of life, it suffices to say that the country is drifting toward a failed state.

“Nigeria is currently in very challenging times, it is important to decide on the right leadership, a leadership with the capacity and ability to deliver, a leader that can reverse the carnage, and make the country work for us all.
He noted that pragmatically, as mandate carriers of the young generation, fusion 774 is therefore, an authentic, expressive and authoritative voice of the people of Nigeria.

“While we the members of Fusion774 agree with the policy of rotational governance for all region to have a sense of belonging and participation in the governance of the country, yet we should understand that in a time of national catastrophe, where the security of the country is threatened, for us to survive as a country, we have to, in the spirit of the doctrine of necessity, reach for a consensus where rotational governance should be suspended, for a candidate with the requisite capacity to provide solution to national security threat.

“Today, experts believe that, security challenge of the future is not going to be external aggression; countries will have to contend with internal security, with this, we have to be proactive in handling issues of security.
Reeling out some of the achievements of General Buratai while in office as Army Chief, Sadiq said it is time to choose leaders with the requisite experience, capacity and track record to handle security matters of the country.

“The 23 years of Nigeria’s democratic experiment, the country has had numbers of security chiefs; the most outstanding among them is Amb. Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from 2015 – 2020.
“His time as COAS was the height of Boko-haram insurrection; this era saw the following achievements. In August 2015, Gen. T.Y Buratai reclaimed all territories (LGAs) under the control of Boko Haram elements, back to Nigeria government. Liberating Ngala, Abadam, Kala-balge, Kukawa Mobbar, Gwoza, Bama, in Borno State, as well Madagali, Michika, part of Mubi LGAs in Adamawa State.”

Fusion 774 is a political support and economic advocacy group with grassroots appeal that is comprised of people of character, content, with socio-economic and political worth, with membership cutting across the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country.