The Chairman of the National
Unity Party (NUP), Perry Opara, has said former President, Olusegun Obasanjo,
now sits as oracle that may determine victory for candidates and political
parties in the 2019 general elections.
In an interview with BusinessDay
Newspaper, Opara warned that any politician or political party that ignores
Obasanjo in 2019 will do so at their own peril.
He said: “Obasanjo is the
Nigerian political Oracle, which must be consulted in any presidential
election. He has led Nigeria three times before and when he brought Yar’Adua in
2007 against the permutations of everybody, Yar’Adua won. He brought in
Jonathan in 2011 and against all permutation, Jonathan won despite not having
the structures, and in the last election in 2015, Obasanjo joined forces with
President Muhammadu Buhari and brought him in.”
When asked whether Nigerians will
still trust Obasanjo considering the fact that the previous leaders he
allegedly selected for Nigerians seem to have failed, Opara pointed out that
Obasanjo is only interested in improving the economy of Nigeria.
He said, “Obasanjo can be
trusted, he can be believed and Nigerians have a way of believing in him
because he has shown the way three times. He brought out Yar’ Adua, they
followed, he brought out Jonathan, they followed him, he supported Buhari and
the people followed. I am sure that in 2019, whoever OBJ supports will win the
presidency of Nigeria.”
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