A former National Vice-Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, and ex-gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos State, Adedeji Doherty has
called on the All Progressives Congress to forget the idea of fielding President Muhammmadu Buhari as its presidential candidate in 2019.
Doherty said anyone calling on Buhari to run for another
term was an enemy, stressing that the President may not withstand another four
years.
He called on the president to rather sit back and take care
of his health instead of going through the stress of another campaign.
He told Sun that, “Anybody asking Buhari to seek a second
term is Buhari’s enemy. I believe that his family members will even persuade
him not to run if some cabal wanted to push him to run because of their own
personal interests.
“I don’t think Buhari is healthy enough to withstand the
rigours of campaign talk more of now being in charge for another four years.
Those wishing to drag Buhari into 2019 don’t love him.
“They also don’t love Nigeria. Campaign for Presidency is
not a joke. Buhari may not be able to withstand the rigours.”
On the way forward about the crisis rocking the PDP, Doherty
said the party was putting its house together ahead of 2019.
“Many Nigerians are not happy with what is happening to us
in PDP because they were looking to us for salvation, and to help salvage
Nigeria from APC’s misrule. APC led federal government has failed. The end has
come for APC or let me put it more clearly; APC has come to the end of road.
“APC has failed Nigerians performance-wise. Many Nigerians
are hungrier and angrier now because of APC’s bad governance. There is hunger
in the land. Many families and more individuals are finding it difficult to
survive. Nigerians are eagerly awaiting these coming elections in 2018 and 2019
to punish APC for being unfaithful to its electoral promises,” he said.
Few days ago, Minister of Petroleum Resources, Ibeh
Kachikwu, has disclosed that President Buhari will probably win the 2019
Presidential election.
By Ameh Comrade Godwin
