Senator Ali Wakili has said that
former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement will not weaken the support base
of President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019.
Wakili, who chaired the Senate
Committee on Poverty Alleviation, said this yesterday while reacting to
Obasanjo’s statement, advising Buhari not to contest in 2019.
The retired customs officer said
nobody, including Obasanjo, could change the minds of northerners on Buhari.
“Unfortunately for him, he cannot
change the minds of average northerners on President Buhari.
“There is no candidate in the
North that can defeat Buhari. He (Obasanjo) can only whittle down a little bit
of his support base,” he said.
Wakili said Obasanjo should have
contacted President Buhari privately to advise him on all the issues enumerated
in the “special statement”, saying all the issues were not insurmountable.
He said Buhari’s second term bid
should be left to the people as the sovereignty of Nigeria rested on the
masses.
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