The former vice presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ahmed Buhari, has said the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, intends to contest for presidency in 2027.
Ahmed Buhari said this on Wednesday while speaking on Focus Nigeria, an AIT interactive programme, monitored by our reporter.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
Buhari said this while commenting on a proposed protest by Nigerians against hunger.
He said there is hunger in the country, arguing that clerics calling against northerners protesting were wrong.
“There is a plan by clerics to tame people from following this route (protest),” he said .
He added that Islam was against oppression and not protest. Buhari said that Islam allowed people who were oppressed to rise up and free themselves from oppression.
When the anchor said, “ The president appears to have made some concessions to the North because It appears as if the North is in arms against him with his planned protest because some northern politicians are meeting. Some northerners such as Shehu Sani have said they are meeting with the plan to unseat the president. ”
Buhari answered, “ You will see that it’s politics. Very soon, you will see Seyi Makinde saying his own too, to unseat him, because Seyi Makinde wants to be president from the South West. So it is all in the conversation .”
When asked if Makinde’s intention is for 2027, he answered, “ Yes for 2027 .”
The ADC former vice presidential candidate
said the economy has gone bad and that the price of sachet water has been affected. He said the federal government must subsidize necessities like water.
On Security, Buhari said President Tinubu has followed the pattern of former president, Muhammad Buhari.
He said President Tinubu should have sacked some security chiefs following the current security issues.
The ADC chieftain said the local government autonomy granted through the Supreme Court ruling was in favour of President Tinubu. He said the intention was to take power away from the state governors for 2027.
“I’m seeing President Tinubu taking power away from the state governors. If I can win the people in the grassroots I can win, I don’t need the governors,”he said.
Buhari said he wants President Tinubu to succeed for the betterment of Nigeria and his family.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HERE
