Buhari, A Man Of Character, Integrity – Abe

Former Managing Direc
tor, Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OOGFZA), Dr. Noble Abe has described former Head of State and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, as a man of character and integrity.
Abe, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, wondered why individuals who have cases to answer with anti-graft agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) among others, would choose to assassinate the character of Gen. Buhari because of politics.
He said, “I am a Nigerian and very proud to be one. I am however appalled by the direction our dear country and politics are going. A nation where men and women of integrity are vilified and denigrated while corrupt and people of dubious character are celebrated are treated as heroes.
“It is now virtually a crime to live an honest life, because then, you are seen as nobody and called unprintable names, while fraudulent characters are treated with utmost respect in our society.
“I am not a practising politician, but I am a personal friend of General Muhammadu Buhari and the things that have been said about this exceptional Nigerian will upset the stomach of someone who truly knows him. I do not know of any other Nigerian who can stand up to him when it comes to character and integrity.
“It therefore appals me when people whose only credentials are that, the EFCC has stopped chasing them around because they know how to double speak, they now have the audacity and effrontery to question the character of a man like General Muhammadu Buhari.”
Abe disclosed that even when the children of Nigerians with less achievement compared to Buhari were studying abroad, he had to persuade him to send his two daughters, who had spent years without graduating from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, due to unending strikes to continue their academic pursuit in the United Kingdom.
He said, as the chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) which was the richest public institution in the country as at the time, Buhari had to sell his personal property located in Victoria Island, Lagos, in order to send his kids to school.
He cautioned Nigerians on playing politics with sensitive issues especially the murdering of peoples’ character.