Buhari’s Plan To Serve One Term Stirs Controversy

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, criticised the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), warning among others that Buhari planned to serve only one term and derail rotation between North and South.
The PDP governors, who converged on Lagos from their respective states, dismissed Buhari’s reputation as an anti-corruption crusader, affirming him as a willing collaborator in the human rights and financial abuses that characterised the Sani Abacha era.

The governors, who took turns during an interactive session with civil society groups, used the opportunity to honour some martyrs of Nigeria’s democracy, including Chief Moshood Abiola, Kudirat Abiola and Shehu Musa Yar‘Adua. The governors also expressed strong reservations on the use of the card readers as they warned that no single individual should be left out of voting on account of what they described as poor performance of the card readers. The governors also cited what they claimed as insurgency provoking poverty in APC states as evidence of the poverty of ideas in the opposition political party which they flayed for thriving only on propaganda.

Governor Aliyu cautioned against voting for Buhari on the ground that he would only serve for four years and consequently cause power shift back to the South in 2019. Governor Aliyu also had in the recent past stirred controversy for alleging that President Jonathan himself signed an agreement to serve for one term. Governor Aliyu said: “Buhari promised us that he is going to do one term. The implication of that would result in the short-changing of rotational presidency when it gets to the turn of the North. Even as a young man, Buhari was not a good administrator. He allowed his subordinates to steal the show.