A Second Republic federal
lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari has
lost the support of northern and southern political heavyweights ahead of the
2019 election.
Mohammed told the Sun that the
tragedy of the president’s second term bid was that “there is no politician of
consequence from the either the North or South-West who is around him and who
could reach out on his own to the leaders in the South-West and even in the
North to canvass for support.”
According to him, heavyweight
political figures such as a national leader of the All Progressive Congress,
APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Bisi Akande had since left Buhari because he had
failed to build the party and bring warring parties together.
He said, “We all supported the
emergence of APC in 2014. But we had thought they would build the party into a
strong force after winning the election, unfortunately they have failed in that
regard and Nigerians now know better.
“Having said that, I agree with
what Kalu said, you cannot be working for Buhari’s re-election in the South
West when the leaders of the zone are not on the same page with you.
“People who imagine themselves as
being smart, often take themselves out of power. Buhari is aware that the
relationship between Ajimobi and Shittu has been bad. What did he do to rein
them in?
“He (Buhari) can’t afford to lose
the North West and the South West, because already South South is hostile to
him for whatever reason. North West may not be too keen to give him the number
of votes he got in 2015. The votes of the North East are not too certain. So he
can’t afford to joke with the South West.
“One of the tragedies of being
alone in the presidency is that nobody of consequence in his circles from the
North can reach out on his own to anyone in the North to canvass support for
him.
“But Chief Bisi Akande can reach
out on his own outside Tinubu to the people in the South West. That is the
difference. But are Akande and Buhari too on the same page? I leave you and the
readers with the response.”
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