Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on
Tuesday, January 23, asked President Muhammadu Buhari, not to seek re-election
in 2019 as he is already being pressured to do by some Nigerians.
The Alake of Egbaland, Oba
Adedotun Gbadebo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari deserves to be re-elected
as this would enable him consolidate on the policies and programmes he has
initiated to transform the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) reports that Gbadebo stated this when he received former governor of Abia
state, Orji Uzor Kalu, who led members of the National Movement for the
Re-election of President Buhari, on a courtesy visit to his palace in Abeokuta,
the Ogun state.
Oba Gbadebo spoke a day
after former President Olusegun Obasanjo asked Nigerians not to vote for Buhari
and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to the report, Gbadebo,
who described the president as a focused and sincere leader, said he had
charted a worthy path for the nation to transform it to an enviable height.
The monarch said Nigeria
could not afford to allow the policies initiated by the government of Muhammadu
Buhari to be discarded should another leader be elected.
“I am part of the campaign
team soliciting that Buhari should be given another chance to lead for another
four years to complete the great work he has started.
“Those who drafted the
constitution to allow for a second term have envisaged that while a leader
takes time to formulate policies and put programmes in place, he needs more
time for them to germinate before they begin to translate such to benefits for
the people.
“Unfortunately, policy
somersault has become a prominent feature in the history of governance in the
nation.
“When a leader goes after
four years, virtually everything he has done will be turned over by whoever
comes after and we can no longer afford this wastage,” he said while describing
Kalu as a detribalised person, who in spite of being an indigene of the South
East zone, had continued to campaign for Buhari.
Speaking earlier, Kalu
commended the monarch for the peace in Ogun state just as he noted that a
prominent feature of the initiative was the freedom to support any candidate in
an election.
He declared that members of
the group have been travelling across the country to solicit support for the
president ahead of the 2019 polls.
“We are for oneness of this
country. We are for leaders who are sincere to lead us well and who are equally
committed to the rules and tenets of democracy.
“The greatest challenge of
our country is leaders not obeying the law.
“When they are leaders, they did not obey the
law and when they go out of leadership, they criticise everybody who wants to
obey the law.
“President Buhari has
continued to adhere to the tenets of democracy and abide by the constitutional
provisions of the country in tackling the challenges of the nation,” he said.
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