Buba Galadima
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Engineer Buba Galadima is a Nigerian politician who was appointed National Secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change
(CPC) party, formed in the run-up to the 2011 national elections as a platform for former military ruler General Muhammadu Buhari
.
He participated in the 1994/5 Constitutional Conference.
Galadima was Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Authority (NMA) from 1996 to 1998.
It was said that Galadima used his position in the NMA to fund the transmutation campaign of General Sani Abacha
.
, established in May 1999, Galadima became a chieftain of the leading opposition party, the All Nigeria People's Party
(ANPP). In June 2002 Galadima was interviewed on a proposal by President Olusegun Obasanjo to restructure local government in the country. He expressed his party's opposition to the move. He said that Obasanjo, "the usurper president of this country", was trying to sneak in the changes surreptitiously, giving state governors the right to appoint unelected officials to run the local governments, but also introducing Consultative Assemblies for regions and thus undermining the powers of the states.
On 29 April 2004 Galadima was arrested in Abuja
by officers from the State Security Services (SSS).
Amnesty International
expressed concern that he was at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
As chairman of the mobilization committee of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) Galadima had planned to be involved in an anti-government protest which took place on 3 May in Abuja and Lagos
.
He was released without charge on 13 May.
After the 21 April 2007 presidential election the Supreme Court heard various charges of impropriety. Buba Galadima, National Campaign Secretary of The Buhari Organisation (TBO), claimed that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) was trying to frame Buhari with false claims about the sources of his campaign funding.
He said the PDP was plotting "to take them [opposition leaders] out of circulation so that they can continue with their misdeeds against the Nigerian people unnoticed".
Ethnic violence broke out in Jos
, Plateau State in November 2008, with the death toll rising above 350.
Galadima called for a declaration of emergency rule in the state to stop the killing and maiming by thugs, whom he said seemed to be armed by the state government. TBO called for an independent Judiciary Enquiry Panel to look into the cause of the crisis.
In November 2009 Galadima said that if the government failed to reform the State Security Service (SSS),the result could be "chaotic, anarchic and violence prone 2011 elections". This repeated a statement made by SSS Director General Afakiriya Gadzama. The SSS arrested and interrogated Geledima on the grounds that his statement was a call for violent change.
, a former military ruler of Nigeria, and his associates. After falling out with the ANPP, Buhari decided that he needed a new platform to support his political ambitions.
The Congress for Progressive Change filed an application to register with the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) on 26 March 2009, and received official approval and registration on 28 December 2009.
Galadima was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the CPC.
In October 2010 he accused the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) of having lost the will to be truly independent. Stakeholders including the CPC and the People's Democratic Party
(PDP) had agreed with proposals to use biometric data capturing machines for registration of voters and accreditation during the election, to hold all elections on one day and to move elections to April without changing the 29 May handover date. However, the INEC chairman Attahiru Jega
had only submitted the last proposed change for ratification by the National Assembly.
On 12 December 2010 he said that anyone in the CPC who wanted to run for office should resign from the party's executive committees.
The most senior people who would not be standing for election would take over to run the party.
This was consistent with his opposition to a proposal by which Senators and member of the House of Representatives would automatically become members of the National Executive Committee of their party. While he said the decision was up to the parties, not a question of electoral law, he felt the move would be undemocratic since the elected politicians would look only to their own interests.
In January 2011 Galadima was chosen as National Secretary of the CPC, with Tony Momoh
as chairman.
Following the Presidential election in April 2011, Galadima said the vote was rigged and the CPC would not accept the results until a complete audit had been conducted.
The INEC had announced the Goodluck Jonathan
of the PDP had won 22,495,187 votes, while Muhammadu Buhari of the CPC had won just 12,214,853.
There were outbreaks of violence across Northern Nigeria after the elections, with many deaths.
The "Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice" announced that it had petitioned the International Court of Justice
at the Hague to lay criminal charges against Buhari and Galadima for inciting the killings. The CPC in turn accused Goodluck Jonathan of using the violence to make political gains against the CPC.
Congress for Progressive Change
The Congress for Progressive Change is a political party founded in Nigeria in 2009 in preparation for the April 2011 elections.It is the 63rd political party to be founded in the country and also the last political party to be registered in Nigeria....
(CPC) party, formed in the run-up to the 2011 national elections as a platform for former military ruler General Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari was a military ruler of Nigeria and an unsuccessful candidate for president in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 presidential elections...
.
Background
Buba Galadima is an engineer by trainingHe participated in the 1994/5 Constitutional Conference.
Galadima was Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Authority (NMA) from 1996 to 1998.
It was said that Galadima used his position in the NMA to fund the transmutation campaign of General Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha
General Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military leader and politician. A Kanuri from Borno by tribe, he was born and brought up in Kano, Nigeria. He was the de facto President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998....
.
Early political career
During the Nigerian Fourth RepublicNigerian Fourth Republic
The Fourth Republic is the republican government of Nigeria. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. It was in many ways a revival of the Second Republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple...
, established in May 1999, Galadima became a chieftain of the leading opposition party, the All Nigeria People's Party
All Nigeria People's Party
The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate...
(ANPP). In June 2002 Galadima was interviewed on a proposal by President Olusegun Obasanjo to restructure local government in the country. He expressed his party's opposition to the move. He said that Obasanjo, "the usurper president of this country", was trying to sneak in the changes surreptitiously, giving state governors the right to appoint unelected officials to run the local governments, but also introducing Consultative Assemblies for regions and thus undermining the powers of the states.
On 29 April 2004 Galadima was arrested in Abuja
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...
by officers from the State Security Services (SSS).
Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
expressed concern that he was at risk of torture or ill-treatment.
As chairman of the mobilization committee of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) Galadima had planned to be involved in an anti-government protest which took place on 3 May in Abuja and Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
.
He was released without charge on 13 May.
After the 21 April 2007 presidential election the Supreme Court heard various charges of impropriety. Buba Galadima, National Campaign Secretary of The Buhari Organisation (TBO), claimed that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
(PDP) was trying to frame Buhari with false claims about the sources of his campaign funding.
He said the PDP was plotting "to take them [opposition leaders] out of circulation so that they can continue with their misdeeds against the Nigerian people unnoticed".
Ethnic violence broke out in Jos
Jos
Jos is a city in the Middle Belt of Nigeria.The city has a population of about 1.5 million residents. Popularly called "J-town" or "Jesus Our Saviour" by the residents, it is the administrative capital of Plateau State....
, Plateau State in November 2008, with the death toll rising above 350.
Galadima called for a declaration of emergency rule in the state to stop the killing and maiming by thugs, whom he said seemed to be armed by the state government. TBO called for an independent Judiciary Enquiry Panel to look into the cause of the crisis.
In November 2009 Galadima said that if the government failed to reform the State Security Service (SSS),the result could be "chaotic, anarchic and violence prone 2011 elections". This repeated a statement made by SSS Director General Afakiriya Gadzama. The SSS arrested and interrogated Geledima on the grounds that his statement was a call for violent change.
CPC leader
The Congress for Progressive Change originated in The Buhari Organization (TBO) formed in 2006 by General Muhammadu BuhariMuhammadu Buhari
Muhammadu Buhari was a military ruler of Nigeria and an unsuccessful candidate for president in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 presidential elections...
, a former military ruler of Nigeria, and his associates. After falling out with the ANPP, Buhari decided that he needed a new platform to support his political ambitions.
The Congress for Progressive Change filed an application to register with the Independent National Electoral Commission
Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission , set up in 1998, is the electoral body which was set up to oversee elections in Nigeria.The INEC has encountered several controversies in the run-up to the April 2007 general elections, including criticism about its preparedness from Sada Abubakar,...
(INEC) on 26 March 2009, and received official approval and registration on 28 December 2009.
Galadima was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the CPC.
In October 2010 he accused the Independent National Electoral Commission
Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission , set up in 1998, is the electoral body which was set up to oversee elections in Nigeria.The INEC has encountered several controversies in the run-up to the April 2007 general elections, including criticism about its preparedness from Sada Abubakar,...
(INEC) of having lost the will to be truly independent. Stakeholders including the CPC and the People's Democratic Party
People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
The People's Democratic Party is a political party in Nigeria. Its policies generally lie towards the right wing of the political spectrum. It has won every single Presidential elections since 1999, namely: 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011, and is the dominant party in the Fourth Republic.-History:In...
(PDP) had agreed with proposals to use biometric data capturing machines for registration of voters and accreditation during the election, to hold all elections on one day and to move elections to April without changing the 29 May handover date. However, the INEC chairman Attahiru Jega
Attahiru Jega
Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega is a Nigerian academic and Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano.On 8 June 2010 he was nominated by President Goodluck Jonathan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission , subject to Senate confirmation, as a replacement for...
had only submitted the last proposed change for ratification by the National Assembly.
On 12 December 2010 he said that anyone in the CPC who wanted to run for office should resign from the party's executive committees.
The most senior people who would not be standing for election would take over to run the party.
This was consistent with his opposition to a proposal by which Senators and member of the House of Representatives would automatically become members of the National Executive Committee of their party. While he said the decision was up to the parties, not a question of electoral law, he felt the move would be undemocratic since the elected politicians would look only to their own interests.
In January 2011 Galadima was chosen as National Secretary of the CPC, with Tony Momoh
Tony Momoh
Prince Tony Momoh is a Nigerian journalist and politician who was Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.-Birth and education:...
as chairman.
Following the Presidential election in April 2011, Galadima said the vote was rigged and the CPC would not accept the results until a complete audit had been conducted.
The INEC had announced the Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON is the 14th Head of State and current President of Nigeria.He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the...
of the PDP had won 22,495,187 votes, while Muhammadu Buhari of the CPC had won just 12,214,853.
There were outbreaks of violence across Northern Nigeria after the elections, with many deaths.
The "Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice" announced that it had petitioned the International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...
at the Hague to lay criminal charges against Buhari and Galadima for inciting the killings. The CPC in turn accused Goodluck Jonathan of using the violence to make political gains against the CPC.