The presidency has reacted to former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him not to contest in the 2019 elections. The Nation reports that Garba Shehu who is the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity on Tuesday, January 23 acknowledged Obasanjo’s letter by saying “We won’t comment now.”
No period was provided as to when comments will be made. In a statement: The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement, Obasanjo said President Buhari has performed far below expectation just as he added that the All Progressives COngress (APC) is not the solution to the country’s challenges. Obasanjo asked Buhari to honourably dismount from the horse and join the league of former leaders whose experience, influence, wisdom and outreach can be deployed on the side line for the good of the country. Obasanjo said he was not excited with the way Buhari, who he supported during the 2015 general elections against Goodluck Jonathan, had handled the country. He said even Jonathan had come to realise that he made some mistakes and had publicly regretted them.