Junaid Mohammed, Second Republic
lawmaker, has asserted that the desperation of former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 will lead Nigeria into a
“violent confusion if care is not taken.”
The second Republic lawmaker made
the claim while noting that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is also
desperate to return to power in 2019, a situation that may throw the country
into chaos.
Speaking with The Nation,
Muhammed also stressed that Buhari must not submit himself for re-election
because he has no “solid reasons to persuade” Nigerians to vote for him in the
next election.
He said, “I believe democracy is
a very rational institution. I believe no leader should present himself for
election or re-election, unless he has solid reasons to persuade those who are
voting that, he is equal to the task, that his leadership will be good for the
country, that he can be trusted and who can. So, with these criteria, I am not
persuaded that Buhari is qualified to submit himself for re-election, come
2019. I do not, however, rule out the possibility that he may do something
spectacular, something good for the country, like he promised at some forum.
“Now, if there is no improvement,
even though I am not foreclosing the possibility of this improvement, but so
far, I must say that, I have seen nothing Buhari did since 2015, and I don’t
see what miracle he has to offer in 2018 and January to March of 2019 that
election will be held.
“As far as I am concerned,
rational people will want to leave their decision till the last moment, to give
some fairness to him, to his party and those he represents. But, unfortunately,
when you look at the people he represents and those he has been trying to
protect, because he virtually represents nobody, because the cabals around him
are not a representation of the people of Nigeria.
“The ministers, like (Babatunde)
Fashola and others who are busy pretending to be serving his interest are
actually undermining him by making sure that, most of the strategic investments
are done in the areas where they come from, for their own mischievous agenda,
not for the people who actually voted for him. They are alienating the people
who voted for him.
“There is nothing rational, in
fact, everything that has been happening since 2015 till date, there is nothing
that a rational person will say, these are the reasons I want to vote for this
man. Now, there are these other people who are going about, and that seems to
be the sinister campaign that has been going round by the cabals, members of
his family and those who are close to him, that, they are now using dangerous
traditional, tribal and religious sentiments. They are saying now that, because
he is a northerner, he must be voted by northerners. I am a northerner, I am a
Muslim and I will not vote for him, and there are several northerners who will
not vote for him.
“It seems however that, since he
came to power, they have collected billions or trillions of money, with which
they want to either rig election, or unleash violence on the election or start
arresting people unjustly, which was the kind of thing he did when he was in
power from 1984 to August 1985. But, if he does that, the country is going to
be in hell of confusion.
“And I don’t think he has the
capacity to withstand that confusion in case he decides to go in for the
confusion. Because, he seems to be determined and desperate about being the
President. Unfortunately also for the country, people who will want to succeed
him either within the APC, the PDP or within the so- called northern
establishment or Northern notables are also equally desperate.
“So, APC is desperate, PDP is
desperate and also people who are hanging in between like Atiku (Abubakar) and
others are also desperate. So, you can see, we have a classical set up that
will lead this country into a violent confusion if care is not taken. And I am
concerned about that.
“Whoever governs this country is
entirely not just his own business, but the business of the whole of Nigeria.
And we have been very badly treated, very shabbily treated as a people. Even
the APC as a party has been badly treated by Buhari, the cabals, his relations
and his friends.”
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayAdvertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com