THE controversial letter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo appears to have thrown the Northern political establishment into dilemma over the touted second term bid of President Muhammadu Buhari.


The major stakeholders are deeply worried about the implications for the North, of the letter in which Obasanjo passed a vote of no confidence in the administration of the incumbent in all indices of good governance.

Specifically, the elder statesman urged the president to bury any thought about seeking a fresh mandate at the expiration of his current tenure.

Eminent citizens of northern extraction cutting across professional backgrounds, religious creed and political affiliation and cultural organisations have resolved to shelve their difference and collaborate towards protecting the interest of the North ahead the 2019 presidential election.

Though they were said to have also scored the Buhari administration low in performance, they believed the North must rally together so that the zone could substitute the president with a younger and vibrant politician of northern extraction for 2019.

Part of the major permutations of the leaders is to form a consensus on a young and vibrant candidate with proven pedigree, and with capacity to build bridges across the country.

Most of the current contenders in the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are above 60 years.

A source said the leaders are already looking into the background and records of such prospective choice based on the benchmark outlined by the search party.



But, his name was still being kept under wraps for what the sources described as tactical reasons.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar; former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido; a serving Senator from Kano State and former governor of Kano State, Dr Musa Kwankwanso have stepped up consultations on their presidential ambitions.

A source said the leaders were looking for a candidate with proven experience and capacity to manage the country in such a manner that can take the country to the level.

“We will go after a young and intelligent Northerner who has the experience and capacity to unite Nigerians and provide equal opportunities to every one irrespective of tribe, ethnic and religious background,” the source said.

The source, however, declined to give the name of one of such individuals the search party had been able to discover so far, saying: ”When the time comes, we are of the firm belief that Nigerians will rally round this patriot.”

Speaking against the backdrop of the letter by Obasanjo that Buhari should not seek re-election, an elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai said the North had other capable personalities that could lead the country.

He explained that the North had in abundance such quality individuals just as the Southern part of the country.

“Certainly, there are many people. As the Southern part of the country has large number of capable hands to rule the country, so also the North has many competent people to govern the country if they are given an opportunity to do so.

“The quality of leadership depends on competence, capacity and vision and leaders with such qualities abound in both in the Northern and the Southern parts of the country. There are no two ways about it,” he stated.

Yakassai blamed the increasing fall in the quality of leadership in the country on a faulty process that emphasised money politics, saying he had warned that Buhari would not perform to expectation.

Also speaking, the national chairman of one of the newly registered parties, National Rescue Movement (NRM), Senator Saidu Dansadau, said “the North has a duty to redeem its image from the current bad leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC), which is being spearheaded by President Muhammad Buhari.

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Buhari will surely fail by 2019. The only problem is the people his ground soldiers will kill once he looses. Its better for him not contest or contest and put Nigeria in chaos. Buhari the failure go back to Daura and drink kindrimu from your cows

boko haram insurgency,fulani herdsmen militia, high rate of poverty and illitracy in the north,they never plan way out,but once its political power grabbing north will wake up,niger delta oil money,if e no finish north no go rest, fear north

Terrorists

They better do.

OBJ ''the cause trouble''. Ordinary letter has upended every political calculation with consequences and ramifications for the country far beyond 2019

Who says you need brawn or violence to cause change of seismic proportions? Only idiots and the brain dead think like that

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