After months of berating the
administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, former President Olusegun
Obasanjo has declared his support for the presidential candidate of the
All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Obasanjo, who is a member of the Peoples
Democratic Party, made his opinion known during an interview with the
Financial Times at the launch of his controversial autobiography titled,
‘My Watch’, in Nairobi, Kenya.
Obasanjo said Buhari, who ruled Nigeria
between December 1983 and August 1985, was aware of the challenges of
Nigeria today and was qualified to rule the country.
He said, “The circumstances he (Buhari)
will be working under if he wins the elections are different from the
one he worked under before, where he was both the executive and the
legislature – he knows that. He is smart enough. He is educated enough.
He’s experienced enough. Why shouldn’t I support him?”
Obasanjo said he was confident that Buhari would be able to effectively tackle corruption and insecurity.
Reacting to the postponement of the
elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission for security
reasons and a better distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, Obasanjo
said he hoped the Federal Government was being truthful.
He urged Jonathan to put the interest of the nation ahead of his own ambition.
He also warned that manipulating the
electoral process could lead to a coup d’etat, adding that the May 29
handover date remained sacrosanct.
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