Call on Buhari to re-contest act of arrogance – ADP

The national chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP), Engineer Yabaji Yusuf Sani, has said that the call on President Muhammadu Buhari to run again in 2019 is a sheer act of arrogance.

Last week, the minister of Communication Technology, Adebayo Shittu, had announced a campaign organisation for the re-election of President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in 2019.

Engineer Sani, who spoke yesterday in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists, said the government and its officials would be afraid to say such thing in a civilised society because of the fear of backlash.

“In a civilised society, you will be mindful of the backlash. What impact has this administration made? We now have kidnappings and killings. Corruption is even more endemic. Fuel scarcity has come back. For a minister to come out and say that, it’s a slap on the nation.

“We are not saying he (Buhari) doesn’t have the right to contest. But morally, it is wrong. He should be an elder statesman like the late Nelson Mandela by resetting the agenda for the country.

“Anytime somebody is insisting on something, that person has nothing to offer. Four years are enough for him being a former head of state. With this abysmal performance, it is ridiculous. He has the right; but Nigerians have the right to reject them, especially the ragtag put together organisation called the APC,” he said.