Nigeria’s President Wife, Hajia Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, urged Nigerians to embrace the spirit of doggedness and persistence of her husband, Muhammadu Buhari, in actualizing their goals.
She said this at the launch of a book titled, “Buhari vs Yar’Adua: Facing the future,” authored by one of the media aides of the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Mr Opeyemi Soyombo.
Mrs Buhari represented Governor Amosun’s wife, Olufunso Amosun, pointed out that the determination and strong will of her husband brought his dreams and aspirations of becoming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a reality.
She appreciated the author for compiling all the legal struggles of Buhari in the 2007 election petition challenging the victory of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, together for future reference.
Mrs. Buhari explained further that the documentation, history cannot be falsified.
She said, “There are lots of lessons to learn from the life of President Muhammadu Buhari, most especially his doggedness and compassion for the masses. President Buhari contested presidential election consecutively four times before he eventually won in 2015.
“His victory has paid off considering his passion to help the masses and most importantly the successes recorded in the anti-corruption war of his government.
“I commend the efforts of the writer for documenting the Presidential Election suit between the candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and President Umaru Yar’Adua of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007.
“This shows that the author has been following with keen interest elections held in the country and the petitions arising from them. In most recent shared views and writings on human and societal development, the investment made on other people gives tremendous yields; thus the facts and authenticity of the book are invaluable.”
The chairman of the occasion, Justice Ademola Bakre (retd), lamented the rot in the judiciary.
The author while fielding questions from newsmen, said he wrote the 179-page book, divided into seven chapters, to forestall election rigging in the country.
He said, ” The book would ensure that we have credible, free and fair elections and to ensure that the judiciary, either by design or default, would endorse electoral robbery.”
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