General Muhammadu Buhari My Forever Choice and Mentor in Politics and Leadership!!! As the race for the Presidential ticket of the opposition party, All Progressives congress, heats up, former Head of State and three-time presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari is set to declare his interest, the PUNCH learnt on Monday. Buhari, a veteran of three Presidential elections 2003, 2007 and 2011, is expected to slug it out with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso among others for the ticket. An associate of the general and former National Publicity Secretary of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, Rotimi Fashakin confirmed this. He said Buhari was going to announce his decision to contest “very soon” adding that the Buhari camp was confident that he is going to get the party’s nod to fly the party’s flag. According to him, it would be a disservice for the APC if Buhari does not get the ticket. Fashakin said “General Buhari is the only living Nigerian who poses the greatest threat to President Jonathan’s ambition to rule Nigeria beyond 2015. “As they say, the biggest masquerade is the one that comes out last. When he comes out even the smaller masquerades that have been out they will move and watch what the bigger masquerade does.” He also dismissed insinuations that the demand by some members of the party for a generational shift would adversely affect Buhari’s chances. Fashakin said “We are going to have the South African model where Mandela came, rescued his nation from the oppressive apartheid rule. “He did four years and left the scene for younger people. That is exactly what General Buhari is going to do. “He will do four years and set the nation on the path of irreversible progress and then leave the scene for the younger generation. I say this without fear of equivocation. The younger people still have a chance.” Head of the Atiku Abubakar Media Office, Malam Garba Shehu who unveiled plans by his principal to make a formal declaration on the subject on September 24, said Atiku was in the race to serve as well as give back to Nigeria.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:13:03 +0000
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