Some of the minor political parties yesterday hailed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement.
National Secretary of Action Democratic Party (ADP) James Okoroma said the statement had set the stage for what he described as a new Nigeria.
Okoroma said: “The damage caused by the Buhari government is enormous and we must endeavour to rebuild our country.
“According to Obasanjo, Buhari cannot be credited with any achievement in any sector: Security, education, economy, national cohesion and infrastructural development. Never have we been as divided as we are today.
“Obasanjo has thrown the challenge to all Nigerians. He has even volunteered to be part of a Coalition for a new Nigeria.”
National chairman of United Progressives Congress, (UPP) Chief Chekwas Okorie described the letter as “timely”, adding that the Buhari administration had done enormous damage to the unity of the country than any administration before it.
National Chairman of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima said: “The advice of President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari not to contest in 2019 is apt and sincere. President Obasanjo is a former Nigerian president known for his truth and bluntness.
“He is different from other partisan Nigerian leaders who engage in macabre dance of shame and insincerity. He says his own, not minding whose ox is gored.
“Whether anybody likes it or not, the health of President Muhammadu Buhari is an issue in 2019. The question is this, is he fit enough to be president again in 2019?
The Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) said Nigerians should join forces with the Coalition for Nigeria being advocated by Obasanjo as a third political force to rescue the country from the impunity of the APC and the PDP.
Deputy Director General, (Media, Communications, Publicity) Mallam Nasser Kura said it was ready to go into alliance with the new Coalition being suggested by the former President.
“The leadership of NIM shall be ready, in the succeeding weeks, to enter into strategic talks and alliance with more platforms sharing similar philosophy and ideology towards the consolidation of the much desired Coalition for Nigeria advocated by the former president,” Kura said.
