2019 Election: Presidential aspirant hails Obasanjo over letter to Buhari

AHEAD of the 2019 general elections, Dr Thomas-Wilson Ikubese, a presidential aspirant of the National Conscience Party (NCP), has hailed former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over his courage to condemn the misdeed of the Muhammadu Buhari led government in the country.

Ikebese who said he shared the ideal and philosophy of the former President Obasanjo, commended him for speaking the man of the common man, urging President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019.

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Ikebese who stated this after his visit to Obasanjo in his Abeokuta country home, in Ogun state, said the call for Buhari not to re-contest in 2019 became necessary in order to take the nation out of its present economic challenges because of Buhari’s unimpressive performance in office.

According to the Ondo State-based medical practitioner, some of the points raised by former President Obasanjo in his letter are some of the reasons why he declared to run for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 24th July 2017, making him the first young person to so openly declare, even before the not-too-young-to-run bill surfaced on the floor of the National Assembly.

He said “Nigeria needs a youthful, visionary, selfless President in 2019 to save her from the present quagmire”

He expressed his readiness to contest in the next Presidential election saying I am ready to fix the nation’s many problems and turn the country around within a short period

Ikubese said that any coalition that throws up an “ex-this”, “ex-that” as its Presidential Candidate in 2019  cannot qualify as a “third force” and will be jettisoned by the Nigerian masses who now crave for fresh revolutionary entrants in the Nigerian political space.

Responding, former President Obasanjo thanked Ikubese for being a true representative of the youths, stressing that he will continue to encourage those who want the best for Nigeria to make their own contributions to the development of the country.

Obasanjo stated that the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, which he recently joined, is not a political party, but a movement and that if at any point it translates into a political party, he will cease to be a member.

The Ondo state Coordinator for the Coalition, Hon Ademola Ijabiyi, who was on the entourage to the residence of the former President, said the CNM represents hope for a better Nigeria, commending the decision of Ikubese to run for President at this critical time in the life of the country.