2019: Buhari alone decides on 2nd term, he’ll make intention known soon – Oyegun

Contrary to a statement by the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, that Muhammadu Buhari promised the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he will not run for a second term, the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said that no one but the president alone can decide if he’ll run or not.

Alhassan, had on Wednesday, while declaring she will support former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as president in 2019 even if Buhari decides to run, alleged that President Buhari told the APC before contesting for president in 2015, that he would only seek one term in office.

Apparently ignoring the claim by Alhassan, Odigie-Oyegun said that at the appropriate time President Buhari will disclose his intention towards a second term.

He stated this when he spoke to newsmen in Benin City on Thursday, adding that one of the greatest achievements of the Buhari-led administration was ensuring that the county exited recession as recently announced by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

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The APC chairman went further to express optimism that the Buhari-led government of the party will make more progress before the 2019 presidential election.

“The decision, whether our President will run for a second term, is a decision only President Buhari can make, and he will make it at the proper time. For now, he still has nearly two years of painful, strenuous reconstruction of the Nigerian economy and all the other promises he made both in anti-corruption and on security is still serious work in progress.

“At the proper time, he will decide, and at the proper time, the APC will decide and the public will know,” he said.

Asked to comment on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) description of APC as a failure and boasting to return to power in 2019, Odigie-Oyegun said, “They are allowed to continue on their dreams, they are just coming out from intensive care unit. So they need a lot of nurturing, so this is good for their ego.”

 

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