Obasanjo Predicts Buhari Is Nigeria’s Next President
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that
Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari will be elected on 28 March as
Nigeria's new president, to succeed incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, PM
News reports.
At the same time, he dismissed fears of any election annulment as it
happened in 1993, under the Babangidaadministration, when the election
of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was annulled by the military junta.
Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun state today, when he met a group that
styles itself, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria.
According to the former Nigerian leader, there will never be a repeat of
what happened in the country in 1993 after the Presidential election.
Obasanjo declared that he has confidence in the All Progressives
Congress, APC Presidential candidate, GeneralMuhammed Buhari
because he was a trained military officer.
The group called on the former President to intervene in the country's
looming political crisis before matters degenerate.
"We have come to express our deep concern over series of dangerous
political miscalculations currently going on under Jonathan
administration.
"We are afraid that crisis is seriously looming and it is like another June
12 crisis is on the way and it may be very tragic for the country. We want
you to as a matter of urgency intervene into the matter before it is too
late sir," the group opined.
In his response, the former President allayed their anxieties, saying that
the 2015 election will never be like the June 1993 election.
"You need not to worry about anything.
There can never be any June 12
annulment again. Buhari is not Abiola, he is a trained and highly
intelligent soldier.
"Oyegun is not Anenih, Osinbajo is not Kingibe. Jega is not Nwosu,
Jonathan is not IBB and this time around, Obasanjo will not support any
interim government.
"Obasanjo will rather support a free, fair and credible election."
Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari will be elected on 28 March as
Nigeria's new president, to succeed incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, PM
News reports.
At the same time, he dismissed fears of any election annulment as it
happened in 1993, under the Babangidaadministration, when the election
of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was annulled by the military junta.
Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun state today, when he met a group that
styles itself, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria.
According to the former Nigerian leader, there will never be a repeat of
what happened in the country in 1993 after the Presidential election.
Obasanjo declared that he has confidence in the All Progressives
Congress, APC Presidential candidate, GeneralMuhammed Buhari
because he was a trained military officer.
The group called on the former President to intervene in the country's
looming political crisis before matters degenerate.
"We have come to express our deep concern over series of dangerous
political miscalculations currently going on under Jonathan
administration.
"We are afraid that crisis is seriously looming and it is like another June
12 crisis is on the way and it may be very tragic for the country. We want
you to as a matter of urgency intervene into the matter before it is too
late sir," the group opined.
In his response, the former President allayed their anxieties, saying that
the 2015 election will never be like the June 1993 election.
"You need not to worry about anything.
There can never be any June 12
annulment again. Buhari is not Abiola, he is a trained and highly
intelligent soldier.
"Oyegun is not Anenih, Osinbajo is not Kingibe. Jega is not Nwosu,
Jonathan is not IBB and this time around, Obasanjo will not support any
interim government.
"Obasanjo will rather support a free, fair and credible election."
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