A group operating under the aegis of Good Governance Initiative (GGI) has punctured speeches made by the All Progressives Congress APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, describing it as laughable.

The group in a statement at the weekend in Lagos, said even though it was clear that the retired general was reluctantly reading a script prepared for him by those who see him as a tool to actualise their selfish political goal, the delivery was fraught with a deluge of irregularities and fallacious promises that are unrealisable.

The group wondered why the APC presidential candidate and his stalwarts had to travel all the way to London for the purpose when the Nigerian’s equivalence of Chatham House, the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Victoria Island Lagos lay fallow.

The Director, Media and Publicity of GGI, Mr. Sunny Osa, specifically, noted that apart from the fact that the retired general was bereft of ideas pertaining to the nation’s macro-economic indices and could not therefore, give a categorical answer as to how he would turn around the fortunes of the country. he lost control of himself when he was asked a question about his hard stand on the introduction of Sharia law in the whole country if he was voted in.

According to him, ”Why Chatham House to deliver his speech and not NIIA if they are not deceitful? It was a waste of resources, an effort in the wrong direction tantamount to winking in the dark.”

Continuing, Osa said: “ This is man who could hardly stand for more than five minutes at every political rally to deliver his speech but stood for over 30 minutes in Chatham House chattering away fallacious promises. If for anything, I view Buhari and his cohorts’ appearance in Chatham House as a tragic epic movie, spiteful and a calculated move aimed at currying sympathy where there is none.

“If you watch the footage, you would have noticed that he was reluctantly reading a script prepared for him by those who want to use him to actualise their selfish political agenda. What was the electoral value of the Chatham speech, who do they wish to impress? Buhari could not hide his ill -feelings for those he has perceived as enemies who he aims to vent his wrath on should he secure his presidential ambition. Nigerians should ask themselves why he is contesting for the fourth time having been rejected trice by the same Nigerians. Listen to his uncoordinated and laughable speeches and you would realise that they hold no water.”

Osa therefore, urged Nigerians both within and in the Diaspora to be vigilant, discerning and disregard the smokescreen appearance of the general and his agents of economic destabilisation and vote them out during the forthcoming March 28, general election.

According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan deserves all the supports needed to actualise his transformation agenda for the country.