Balarabe Musa, former Governor of
Kaduna State, has lambasted ex-Presidents, Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun
Obasanjo over their separate statements advising President Muhammadu Buhari not
to seek re-election in 2019.
The former Kaduna State governor,
who described statements by both ex-leaders as “stupid,” stressed that “nobody
should be deceived.”
He maintained that both leaders
never performed better than Buhari when they were in power.
Musa made the remark while
responding to a question from The Sun.
According to Musa, “That is
stupid. Nobody should be deceived. They have not performed better than Buhari.
In what way have any of them performed better than Buhari? In fact, you can say
Buhari is less exposed to so many things like corruption and so on.
“In the case of PRP, when we
supported Buhari right from 2003 when he showed his interest in the presidency,
we made it quite clear that of all the people that wanted to rule Nigeria,
Buhari was the least risk, we didn’t say he is the most suitable.
“We said he is the least risk,
because the level of his courage and credibility was higher than those who were
contesting with him. I dare tell you, even today, if you look at those who want
to contest with him, almost all of them came from the North.
“Take any of them, who among them
can you say is credibly better than Buhari, better in performance than Buhari?
This is Nigeria’s tragedy. There is no doubt, Buhari has failed, but those
contesting power with him are more likely to fail than him. This is the
trouble.
“So we have the task of bringing
somebody who can perform better than Buhari. But it is not that easy, because
of the leading role of moneybag politics. So how do we get somebody that will
perform better than Buhari. I am not campaigning for Buhari. I have never
campaigned for him. But this is the truth because we must attach quality to our
judgment.”
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First in history. I have never seen you making good comment on Buhari. Though it is quite true that those seeking from the north so far are not better than Buhari, but we still have better hands though may not be from north or not contesting rather.
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