A chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) from Oyo State, Ayo Oyalowo, has said President
Muhammadu Buhari never told anybody he would not run for a second term in
office.
Oyalowo, who further challenged
anybody with a contrary opinion to bring out the facts, said this when he
appeared on Channels Television‘s Sunday Politics hosted by Seun.
According to the APC chieftain,
who is also Deputy Director of Media at the Buhari Campaign Organisation,
Nigerians should count themselves lucky to have President Muhammadu Buhari as
their leader.
“Let me make it categorically
clear, at least to the extent to which I know, President Buhari never told
anybody he’s going to do only one term.”
“He never discussed that with
anybody and if anybody has any contrary opinion, let them bring it out and
bring the fact.
“People are just being
mischievous; there was no reason for the president to tell us what will happen
in 2019.
“He contested in 2015, he won an
election, and he’s still running his mandate. If he wants to run again, by the
time INEC lifts the bar on election, he will make his mind known. Why are
people trying to be mischievous so that they can put the man in a tight
corner?” he questioned.
Oyalowo, however, maintained that
President Buhari should be voted into office for a second term if he desires to
run in 2019, adding “He (Buhari) is a man who Nigerians should be grateful to
God that he is a Nigerian.
“Yes, I am a Buharist, very proud
one for that matter. I think he (Buhari) is a good person, I think he’s honest,
I think Nigeria is blessed and lucky to have him as president,” he said.
“From 2011 I have been with the
man, I supported him in 2011. I’m very happy that he finally got it in 2015 and
if God wills and he wants to do it again, I will gladly support him.
“APC should be given a chance to
continue with the nation’s governance, saying the party cannot afford to abort
the efforts it has made in fixing the country.
“We have cleared a lot of the
mess that we met on ground, a lot of work still needs to be done. We cannot
allow the darkness of the past to come and overshadow the light that we’ve
started to bring into the country,” he said.
U people should keep on going front and back, "u have failed"- Atiku.
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