Obasanjo is one of the major problems facing Nigeria today— Tinubu

The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has described former president Olusegun Obasanjo as part of the challenges Nigeria is faced with today.

He also asked Obasanjo to desist from criticising President Muhammadu Buhari and allow him to fulfill his mandate since he had his own time as president.

Tinubu said this while addressing party members at a stakeholders meeting in Lagos State on Tuesday.

The APC leader condemned “frequent attacks” on the current administration by the former president.

He said Obasanjo’s criticisms were in bad faith, adding that his opposition could not Nigerians from re-electing Buhari.

“Our president, President Muhammadu Buhari has done well, he deserves another term, and we will support him to win because he is our man,” he said.

“Forget about Obasanjo’s letter and his frequent attacks on our president, he cannot stop the president because Nigerians would re-elect him.

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“Obasanjo has spent his own time; he should leave Buhari alone and face his business because he cannot tell us who to vote for.

“He is part of some of the challenges we are facing in the country today, because he did not lay the right foundation when he was president.”

Tinubu added that the defection of some members of the APC would also not stop the re-election of Buhari, saying the party was on course for wins in the 2019 election.

He said the results of the bye-elections in Kogi, Katsina and Bauchi states, which the APC won, were a “precursor to the pattern of the general election”.

“I congratulate the winners in the election and their victory is proof that our party is getting more popular by the day,” he said.

“Those who want to defect can defect, that is their problem. APC remains unshaken and these people will know the reality in the elections.”

 

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