The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has backed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter which asked President Muhammadi not to contest 2019 general election.
This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the ADP Lagos Spokesman, Prince Adelaja Adeoye in Lagos on Tuesday, adding that those who endorsed President Buhari for second term have taken sychophancy too far.
The party said, “despite the wanton killings and destruction of lives and property in many parts of the country, the unending queues at fuel stations, the loss of almost seventeen million jobs according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and consequently the excruciating effect of poverty, some callous individuals loitering around the seat of power are working tirelessly to foist on the people, a man who has clearly failed in every area of governance; a man who has plunged the country into social and economic catastrophe.”
ADP said Nigerians must not be cowed into submission via media propaganda, stating that Buhari is no longer popular in Nigeria. The party said that even in the North, Buhari’s popularity has dropped massively because of poverty, pain and anguish experienced by the people.
It said, “it is disheartening that despite the killings in Igbo land and the clear marginalization complained by its people, some selfish politicians who called themselves APC leaders are asking for a second term for Buhari”, wondering what would be their campaign manifesto for Buhari in the region.
The party argues that for those seven governors who had earlier endorsed him, it was clear that they were seeking for political survival come 2019.
The party, however, asked Nigerians to be wary of the lies they used in 2015 to bamboozle them, with some of such remarks making a return in statements like “Daura Youths Promise to Buy Nomination Form for Buhari.”
ADP said Buhari must heed to the voice of reasoning now that the ovation is still loud, that even his wife, children and former colleague in the army has come out to openly ask him not to run in 2019.
The party has urged those who are endorsing the president to rather start making preparations in order to help him pack his belongings back to Daura when he is defeated by the collective will of Nigerians in 2019 should he refuse to heed warnings because his government has clearly failed to live up to expectations.
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