The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of attempting to Islamize Nigeria.
HURIWA made the remark in response to the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the Inspector General of Police by Buhari.
The rights group said the appointment of Baba has exposed Buhari as an unrepentant nepotist and bigot.
HURIWA lamented that Buhari since assuming office has appointed Northern Muslims to head the country’s security architecture.
In a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, HURIWA said: “With the recent rash of top-level appointments by the President which failed to reflect the Federal Character principle as provided for by the constitution, it is inconceivable to believe otherwise other than to conclude that President Buhari’s sole agendum is the total Northernization/Islamization of Nigeria which will continue to breed discord, National disharmony, Civil conflicts, instability and insecurity.
“The recent strange announcement of the appointment of a new Inspector General of Police Alhaji Alkali Baba rapidly railroaded to the acting position of Deputy Inspector General of Police to that of an acting position of the Inspector General of Police by President Muhammadu Buhari, a Northern Moslem who has since 2015 consistently appointed only Moslem Northerners into top internal security positions, the Daura born retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari has sadly consolidated his negative ‘milestone’ as the most nepotistic president ever of Nigeria since 1960”.
