Obasanjo Planning Another Yar’ Adua’s Option with Buhari — Fayose Warns

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Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday stated that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was planning to foist the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), on Nigerians the way he did with the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2007, ThisDay reports.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose

Fayose said the North deserved to present a better candidate among the myriad of intellectuals they have and not an ‘old horse’ like Buhari, whose age and state of health are of concern to all Nigerians.

He warned Nigerians to beware of the ‘banana peel’ being thrown on their path as the nation prepares for next month’s presidential election.

Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010 after a long battled with health challenges. The late president had only spent three years of  his first four-year term.

Fayose daid:

”Nigerians should be wary of Obasanjo’s banana peel. He was the one who put forward Umar Yar ‘Adua as the president knowing the man’s state of health and the man died inoffice. He was the one who said President Goodluck Jonathan was the best for Nigeria and that without him there would be no Nigeria.

“The question people should ask former President Obasanjo is what has gone wrong between now and then? He is against President Jonathan because the President refused to be pocketed by him and any Nigerian leader who wants to succeed will not allow that. Obasanjo is now presenting General Muhammadu Buhari as the best candidatefor Nigeria knowing the man’s age and that the pressure of office would be too much for him.

“In the North, there are so many qualified, brilliant and credible people who can rule the country well.Why is Obasanjo going after an old horse that may collapse mid way. 

"Nigerians should know the state of health of Buhari. His age and health cannot stand the rigours of the office. Nigerians deserve to know the health status of Buhari.

“The strange love between Obasanjo and Tinubu is like a lion and a goat living together in the same house. Jonathan should be allowed to completehis term and after that the North will be allowed to present credible candidate in 2019, not an old horse being put forward."