Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president,
has publicly expressed support for the electioneering campaign
of Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler and presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress (APC). Until now, he had not specifically
endorsed Buhari despite openly criticising President Goodluck Jonathan in the
last two years...
Speaking at the launch of My Watch in Nairobi,
Kenya on Tuesday, Obasanjo, who served his two terms as president on the
same Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform that Jonathan is now running
on, also condemned the postponement of the election. “The circumstances
[Buhari] will be working under if he wins the election are different from the
one he worked under before, where he was both the executive and the legislature
– he knows that,” he said. “It’s a question of leadership – political
and military. “He’s smart enough. He’s educated enough. He’s experienced
enough. Why shouldn’t I support him?” It is the first time that the
ex-president has publicly spoken of his support for Buhari. He recently said
that he would only speak out on his leaning after the election has been
conducted. On the postponement of the election he said: “The signs are not
auspicious. I don’t know whether a script is being played.” He criticised the
administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of wasting the
country’s resources. “You need to ask [Jonathan] how has he let [the army] go
to this extent,” he said “Many things went wrong: recruitment went wrong;
training went wrong; morale went down; motivation not there; corruption was
deeply ingrained; welfare was bad.” When asked if he was still nursing further
political ambition, he said: “I am an old man and I’m enjoying what I’m
doing now… And then you forget I am a farmer; I have to manage my farm.
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