JUST IN: Why Buhari Should Be Voted Out In 2019 – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo
has asked the South easterners to form a coalition in ensuring President Muhammadu Buhari is voted out of office by 2019.
He stated this as he accused the All Progressives Congress government of perpetrating “carnage and wanton destruction of lives and property across the country.”
Obasanjo on Wednesday asked the people of the South East geopolitical zone to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general elections “in their own interest.”
Speaking through the South East convener of Coalition of Nigerian Moment, Dr. Okey Nwosu at their meeting hosted in Awka, Anambra State, Obasanjo said the Igbo would be the most beneficiary if Buhari is not reelected.
The ex-president asked the people of the zone to “collectively work with the CNM towards ousting Buhari from office in the 2019 general elections.
According to Obasanjo, “the meeting is a wake-up call for Nd’Igbo to dump APC and collaborate with CNM, which is the best alternative for their rescue from poverty, hunger, recklessness and ethnic cleansing in the hands of the Hausa/Fulani marauders.
Lamenting on the insecurity within the country, he established that “every Nigerian leader is very much embarrassed with the state of the nation where people are attacked, killed, raped and made refuges in their own homes.
“Political leaders must advocate action against these senseless killings and seek how to design a new democratic action plan to ensure we take care of this conundrum democratically, and say, ‘Enough is enough.’
“If unchecked, these unethical activities will lead to the destruction of the country. It does not augur well for Nigeria’s development.”
Obasanjo added that “Nigeria’s eminent personalities, including Generals Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida and T.Y. Danjuma have all spoken and condemned the killings and destruction in the country.
“If these people can say that the nation needs to be saved from these calamities, the South-East geo-political zone must add their voice to the clarion call”, he ended.
