Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno
State has warned Nigerians against pushing President Muhammadu Buhari into
running for re-election in 2019.
He also warned that it would be
equally wrong for anyone to ask the President no to seek second term in office.
According to him, such decision
should be solely made by the president.
Speaking with newsmen in Lagos,
Shettima described Buhari as a stabilising factor in the country, with
impeccable credentials.
He said, “He’s a stabilising
factor in this country; he’s a man of impeccable credentials, no matter what
you will accuse Buhari of, nobody can accuse Buhari of corruption. But that
decision should be made by the President, nobody should ask him not to contest,
in the same vein nobody should push him to contest; he has his own health to
take care of, he’s not a young man by any standard.
“If the nation still needs him
and the nation truly needs the wisdom, the integrity, the commitment of the
likes of Buhari. But believe me, whatever decision he takes, we are solidly
behind him.”
Asked if he would be gunning for
the number one seat if Buhari backs out in 2019, the Borno governor said, “I
never planned to be the governor of Borno State and for the presidency of this
country; I am a student of history.
“Nobody had ever aspired to be
president of this country and got it. As popular as President Buhari is, with
is bite-like grip among the northern masses, on three occasions he couldn’t
realise his dream.
The fourth one, we literally (the governors, the party, the
party leaders) dragged him to contest the 2015 election. So going down the
memory lane, the Nigerian presidency doesn’t go for the person who runs after
it.”
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