A few days after former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu
Buhari, offered to drop his ambition of vying for the presidency if a
better candidate emerges, a socio-political group, Yoruba Ronu
Leadership Forum, has expressed regret for his position. In a statement
by its Secretary General, Akin Malaolu, the group said that if Buhari
steps down for another candidate, the alliance that brought about the
All Progressives Congress (APC) would fail.
According to the group, at the critical time in the country’s history
only Buhari would rescue the people from suffering. The statement
reads: “We somewhat regret that the former head of state and 2011
presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC),
Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, would offer to drop his ambition in
2015.
We want to warn that the masses of our people do not subscribe to
that idea because of the prevailing situations of Nigeria today. “It
should be crystal clear to all leaders of the opposition that only
Buhari is acceptable to the Nigerian people because he is a genuine
leader and if, by error, he is forced to step down or stabbed at the
back, the masses of our great country would back out of the merger and
this may signal the continuation of PDP in power.
It is not in doubt that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), together
with its reckless political regime, have not benefited the people and
this has been clearly confirmed by school children, housewives, artisans
and our unemployed youths and just a few days ago, we witnessed the
mass killings of hapless and helpless Nigerians in Baga province of
Borno State and till now the government of Jonathan appears at ease with
the development.
“Hunger, ignorance and disease have been our woes. We, therefore,
beseech leaders of the opposition to rally round Major-General Buhari to
emerge as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) come 2015.”
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