2019: Atiku’s not alternative to Buhari’s incompetence – Junaid Mohammed

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, on Friday confirmed that Northern elders actually adopted a resolution to reject President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election in the 2019 because of his failure to meet the basic demand of the region.

Mohammed, who has just stepped down as the running mate of the SDP Presidential candidate, Donald Duke, who was also sacked by the court on Friday, said however that the north did not choose Atiku as the candidate it would support in place of Buhari.

Mohammed, who was a member of the 2014 Constitution Conference, told Saturday Vanguard in an exclusive interview that the Convener of the Northern Elders’ Forum, Prof Ango Abdullahi, spoke the minds of the northern people when he declared that they had rejected Buhari ahead of next year’s election.

According to Mohammed, the decision by the north to reject Buhari as its candidate for the 2019 presidential election was taken by no fewer than 18 key northern stakeholders groups, adding that the former Ahmadu Bello University Vice Chancellor merely echoed the verdict reached by the northerners after many meetings based on Buhari’s abysmal performance in office.

Vanguard, December 15, 2018

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