President Muhammadu Buhari has stated why some major socio-cultural groups in the country refused to endorse him for a second term in office.

At the weekend, the Northern Elders Forum (Core North), Afenifere (South West), Ohanaeze Ndigbo (South East), Pan Niger Delta Forum (South South) and Middle Belt Forum (North Central) were some of the groups who kicked against the political ambition of the president.

They instead pitched their tent with Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking through Festus Keyamo, the director of communications in his campaign team, the president said the groups refused to endorse him because he refused to use them as middle men between himself and Nigerians.

“In the past, it used to be that some of this groups, they used this platforms as to purport to represent their people and then purport to be middle men between government and their people,” Mr Keyamo said while featuring on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics monitored by POLITICS TIMES yesterday.

“And in so doing, they get patronage from government in the past, and in those patronage they don’t trickle down to their people but they pretend to represent their people.

“They wear big apparel, big beads and go to the villa everyday and say we are the representative of our people, of our regions, whereas this are people who are totally disconnected from their people,” he said.

Buhari’s spokesman who alleged that the leaders of the various group cannot deliver their wards during election challenged them to a popularity contest.

“I want to challenge the so-called groups now, we are still on our campaign rally, let them call a rally the same day we are arriving that region.

“I am challenging them openly, I am challenging the faction of Afenifere, we have not gone to Lagos, Ekiti, I am challenging them to call a Yoruba rally the same day at another venue in Lagos.”

Kayamo also threw the same challenge to Middle Belt Forum, adding that, “the people don’t listen to them (group leaders) again.”

Source: https://politicstimesng.com/why-nef-afenifere-ohanaeze-others-refused-to-endorse-me-for-second-term-buhari/

the truth is that nobody endorses a terrorist

Buhari has simply failed he needs rest that's why we will give him the rest he needs come February 16th

Those that supports buhari are not only fools but also stupid....... Obj

Useless group.

Excuse me sir, they are not the only one who have refused to endorse you. We the reasonable Nigerians have also refused to endorse you for your nepotic and divisive tendencies.

Sir, you are very incompetent and lack agility and charisma of the office.

Nobody can support a terrorist

We will shame them all after the election. They all want to collect money on our behalf and decide for us as they did Jonathan. Nah!

video evidence surfaced of Gandugge, a sitting governor in the ruling party collecting bribe of 5million dollar and yet Mr president celebrated him during his campaign and said he is innocent until proven guilty by the court of Law.Free and fair election PDP will win .
NC=PDP
SS=PDP
SE=PDP
NE=99% for PDP
NW=99% for PDP
SW=99% for PDP
Atiku will win.Selective Anti corruption Fight against perceived political enemies while openly celebrating and shielding corrupt elements in his party. Off course it is no longer news that the Anti corruption War that is being fought by the Buhari led Administration is fake and aimed at the opposition party unless proven otherwise. By looking at the following scenario, you be the judge.

#OperationBackToDauraAtikulate
When the people of Nigeria heard and saw all these, there was much jubilation across the land. And the people began to shout, ‘Atikulate! Atikulate!!’ And they began to greet one another in the name of ‘Atikulate!’
In this manner they greet one another, “Have you Atikulated today?”

Anybody not voting atiku issa bastard.There's a huge difference between HE Atiku Abubakar and the lifeless one. The lifeless one is naturally unintelligent and extremely rigid, can't differentiate his left from his right and has no plan to change the system. He's like a remote control.
Atiku is flexible and a business friendly guy who has friends everywhere and already has a policy framework which he's going to pursue vigorously for the betterment of Nigerians.

I know he will come up with his usual lies ..

Dannyset:
We will shame them all after the election. They all want to collect money on our behalf and decide for us as they did Jonathan. Nah!

then why are you collecting money to support Buhari

Buhari would be tolerable if he was more inclusive. He comes accross as a tribalist so it’s hard to support him even if he is limiting corruption.

Plus he is no longer in charge.

We sane Nigerians have endorse you sir. With all the kneeling down and envelope GEJ shared in SW he still failed woefully.


PMB till 2023.

NEXT LEVEL

Who wan support a demented blood tasty vampire

Dannyset:
We will shame them all after the election. They all want to collect money on our behalf and decide for us as they did Jonathan. Nah!

Shame didn't even allow this one to show his face, else he will be rejected by the society

jumobi1:
Buhari would be tolerable if he was more inclusive. He comes accross as a tribalist so it’s hard to support him even if he is limiting corruption.

Plus he is no longer in charge.

these same group were against him in 2015 without doing them any harm before ,
Just because he refuse to give them bribe a