BUHARI’S RE-ELECTION WILL BRING MORE SUFFERING – OBASANJO WARNS NIGERIANS
BUHARI’S
RE-ELECTION WILL BRING MORE SUFFERING – OBASANJO WARNS NIGERIANS
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has issued a warning to
Nigerians that re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 will bring more
suffering to them.
Obasanjo’s comment was contained in a statement to the Press by
his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, where he clarified his support for Atiku and
advised Nigerians to vote a credible candidate.
The Statement read;
“While Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is in Cairo to
attend the maiden edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), of which he
is Chairman of the Advisory Council, his attention has been drawn to a report
by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) with the headline “Atiku: Obasanjo Shifts
Political Gear to Neutral.”
It is disingenuous, if not malicious, for
anyone to suggest that Chief Obasanjo was being neutral when he chose not to
use the Owu Convention as a platform for political campaign but instead adopt a
communal and familial approach in talking to members of his Owu family.
For the records, and as accurately reported by
some media organisations, what the former president said at the convention in
Iwo was that while he would not impress any candidates on them, Nigerians
should vote for credible candidates who will drive growth and development and
make their lives better than it is now.
Only a fool will sit on the fence or be
neutral when his or her country is being destroyed with incompetence,
corruption, lack of focus, insecurity, nepotism, brazen impunity and denial of
the obvious. Chief Obasanjo is no such fool nor is he so unwise.”
He urged Nigerians to participate in the voting process and stop
being ‘inactive’.
“If they do not become active and get much
needed change of the current administration to a government that will improve
the economy, regain the confidence of investors and generally drive growth,
development and economic progress with security, what is coming will be much
worse than what Nigerians currently suffer,” the statement read.
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