Former Nigerian
President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has predicted that Maj. General Muhammadu
Buhari will be elected on 28 March as Nigeria’s new president, to succeed
incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan. At the same
time, he dismissed fears of any election annulment as it happened in 1993
under the Babangida administration when the election of Moshood Kashimawo
Abiola was annulled by the military junta. Obasanjo spoke
in Abeokuta, Ogun state today, when he met a group that styles itself,
Concerned Citizens of Nigeria. According to the
former Nigerian leader, there will never be a repeat of what happened in the
country in 1993 after the Presidential election.
Obasanjo
declared that he has confidence in the All Progressives Congress, APC
Presidential candidate, General Muhammed Buhari because he is a trained
military officer. The group called
on the former President to intervene in the country’s looming political crisis
before matters degenerate. “We have come to
express our deep concern over series of dangerous political miscalculations
currently going on under Jonathan administration. “We are afraid
that crisis is seriously looming and it is like another June 12 crisis is on
the way and it may be very tragic for the country. We want you to as a matter
of urgency intervene into the matter before it is too late sir,” the group opined.
In his
response,the former President allayed their anxieties, saying that the 2015
election will never be like the June 1993 election. “You need not to
worry about anything. There can never be any June 12 annulment again. Buhari is
not Abiola, he is a trained and highly intelligent soldier. “Oyegun is not
Anenih, Osinbajo is not Kingibe. Jega is not Nwosu, Jonathan is not IBB and
this time around, Obasanjo will not support any interim government. “Obasanjo will
rather support a free, fair and credible election.”
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