Obasanjo Predicts Winner of Nigeria Presidential Election
Category: Nigerian National News
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has
predicted that Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari will be elected on 28 March as
Nigeria’s new president, to succeed incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan.
PM News
reports...
At the same time, he dismissed fears of any election
annulment as it happened in 1993, under the Babangida administration, when the
election of Moshood Kashimawo Abiola was annulled by the military junta.
Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun state today, when he met a
group that styles itself, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria.
According to the former Nigerian leader, there will never be
a repeat of what happened in the country in 1993 after the Presidential
election.
Obasanjo declared that he has confidence in the All
Progressives Congress, APC Presidential candidate, General Muhammed Buhari
because he was a trained military officer.
The group called on the former President to intervene in the
country’s looming political crisis before matters degenerate.
“We have come to express our deep concern over series of
dangerous political miscalculations currently going on under Jonathan
administration.
“We are afraid that crisis is seriously looming and it is
like another June 12 crisis is on the way and it may be very tragic for the
country. We want you to as a matter of urgency intervene into the matter before
it is too late sir,” the group opined.
In his response, the former President allayed their
anxieties, saying that the 2015 election will never be like the June 1993
election.
“You need not to worry about anything. There can never be
any June 12 annulment again. Buhari is not Abiola, he is a trained and highly
intelligent soldier.
“Oyegun is not Anenih, Osinbajo is not Kingibe. Jega is not
Nwosu, Jonathan is not IBB and this time around, Obasanjo will not support any
interim government.
“Obasanjo will rather support a free, fair and credible
election.”
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