2019: Babangida Writes Own ‘Letter’, Asks For “New Generation Leaders”

Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has asked Nigerians to co-operate with President Muhammadu Buhari until his tenure ends — but vote for a new generation of leaders in 2019.

In a press statement released on Sunday by Kassim Afegbua, his spokesman, Babangida said it was time to sacrifice “personal ambition” for the “national interest”.

Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN) says Nigeria is already a failed state and would cease to exist if President Muhammadu Buhari wins reelection in 2019. The Elder statesman who stated this on Thursday while presenting a paper titled ‘Nigeria under president Buhari is categorised as a failed state by an internationally-recognised agency’ claimed that the All Progressives Congress has failed in performing its primary responsibility which he identified as the protection of lives and property.

Members of Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria, a coalition of 200 Civil Society Organizations on Tuesday berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo for asking President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek reelection in 2019, describing him as attention seeker.

2019: Babaginda Issues Statement (Full Text) TOWARDS A NATIONAL REBIRTH

In the past few months and weeks, I have played host to many concerned Nigerians who have continued to express legitimate and patriotic worry about the state of affairs in the country. Some of them have continued to agonize about the turn of events and expressly worried why we have not gotten our leadership compass right as a country with so much potential and opportunity for all.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is not threatened in anyway by the eventual emergence of the Coalition that former President Olusegun Obasanjo mentioned in his famous statement requesting President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek reelection. That National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi in a chat with Punch on Wednesday said the only threat facing the party was the people.

Nigerian government has promised an end to clashes between herdsmen and farmers and the violence associated with it, even as they predate President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Vice President, Profesor Yemi Osinbajo gave the assurance on Tuesday while receiving a delegation led by the traditional rulers of Batta and Bachamma communities in Adamawa State: HRM Hama Batta, Homun Alhamdu Teneke; and HRM Hama Bachamma, Homun Honest Irmiya Stephen.