The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has
welcomed the endorsement of former Nigerian President
Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it will convince more
Nigerians to vote for him and his party.
Buhari said this on Wednesday night during an interview
with CNN’s Chief International Correspondent, Christine
Amanpour.
Obasanjo had on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya during an
interview with the Financial Times of London at the
launch of his controversial autobiography entitled, ‘My
Watch,’ expressed support for Buhari.
When asked by Amanpour what he thought of Obasano’s
endorsement, Buhari said, “It would certainly bring more
supporters to us and more confidence again to us for
those who are sitting on the fence.”
This, he said, was “because General Obasanjo is highly
respected and as far as the Nigerian nation is
concerned, there is no serious issue that can be
discussed without people seeking his opinion and
listening to it.”
In the course of the interview, Buhari disagreed with
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples
Democratic Party on the reasons behind the
postponement of the general elections.
Although the ruling party insisted that the Independent
National Electoral Commission was not prepared for the
elections, Buhari maintained that INEC was forced by the
military to delay the elections even after insisting it was
prepared.
Despite his disappointment, he explained that since the
action was constitutional, the APC had asked its
supporters to obey the law and remain calm but
resolute.
Asked about the Boko Haram insurgency, Buhari restated
his belief that the military had been unable to overcome
the insurgents because resources meant for the military
had been misappropriated.
He cited scuttled plans by the National Assembly to
probe the funding of the army over the last three years
and interviews granted to the foreign media by soldiers,
who he said, claimed that they had to fight without
proper weapons, to back his view.
He said, “The National Assembly attempted to conduct a
hearing by getting the budget approved by the National
Assembly over the last three years and inviting the
service chiefs to come and tell them why the weapons
were not procured and sent to the soldiers under
competent leadership and that hearing was scuttled.
“So, it showed the misapplication or misappropriation of
the resources provided by government and says why the
Nigerian military was unable to defeat Boko Haram.”
Regardless, Buhari said the military was competent to
tackle the insurgency.
If elected as president, he said achieving that goal would
not be “too difficult.”
“I believe this problem will not be too difficult for the
APC government because we know the Nigerian military
is competent. It is a question of making sure that the
money voted for equipment and training is properly
utilised,” he said.
The APC’s presidential candidate also said corruption
had to be tackled “because there are serious citizens of
this country that (have) said unless Nigeria kills
corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.”
In endorsing Buhari, Obasanjo had said, “The
circumstances he (Buhari) will be working under if he
wins the elections are different from the one he worked
under before, where he was both the executive and the
legislature – he knows that. He is smart enough. He is
educated enough. He’s experienced enough. Why
shouldn’t I support him?”
And Buhari expressed a similar view when asked if he
had changed.
The former military dictator, who admitted that some of
the things his regime was accused of had a degree of
accuracy, insisted that things would be different.
“I think I would be judged harshly as an individual that
what happened during military administration can be
extended under multi-party democratic system,” he said.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/obasanjos-supportll-give-us-more-votes-buhari/

Delusional...

Obj has denied endorsing buhari just now on channels T.V

At least the news trended round all media throughout yesterday

Those sitting on the fence won't have any other option than to pitch tent with the General.

Obj u can not stop GEJ

very interesting

Who cares about obasanjo anymore.............
Is he nt d same man that endorse late yar'adua knowing fully well that hez nt phisically fit. All well and gud, is he nt d same DT said no other person can transform dz.nation except GEJ.... He cares about his pocket and always want to support and join d winning team. I guess he doesn't want to be left behind in d kingdom of GMB.

I STAND TO BE CORRECTED