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President Muhammadu Buhari is reluctant to run for President in 2019 but for the pressure being mounted on him by some members of the Federal Executive Council led by former Rivers State Governor and current Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and some state governors.

A top source informed about the development told SIGNAL over the weekend that the impression created to the public about the 2019 presidential election especially within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was not altogether correct.

According to the source, there seems to be an impression that the party has settled for Buhari especially as he had already decided to throw his hat into the ring. “It is not what it seems at all. Nigerians may need to brace for a shocker. Buhari is very reluctant to run for President in 2019. He is undecided and nothing is cast in stone yet. He is just being pressured by some cabinet members; a few ministers and some governors who are afraid they will lose their hold on power and political relevance once Buhari leaves office”, the source said.

A controversial and diminutive governor from the North-West is reportedly spearheading the “Buhari Must Run” campaign following his perceived poor performance and rising unpopularity in his home state. The calculation, according to the source, is for governors like him to use Buhari’s re-election to legitimise and build more momentum for their personal and selfish political aspirations to get re-elected.

In the case of Amaechi, the source said; “If Buhari refuses to run in 2019, what is Amaechi going to do? He can’t return to Rivers. His political career will end and he will probably have to go on exile. So it is not in the interest of politicians like Amaechi for Buhari not to run in 2019.”

When asked if Sokoto State governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was being considered by the APC as a likely replacement for Buhari, the source replied with an emphatic “no”, stating that the APC considers Tambuwal more a PDP member than an APC member. “APC cannot pick Tambuwal as its presidential candidate. The guy is more of PDP than APC. His body language shows clearly that he is one of those watching the political weather and waiting for the right time to defect to PDP. APC cannot trust him with a presidential ticket”, the source said.

Meanwhile, a mild drama ensued at last week’s Federal Executive Council Meeting when Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung asked President Buhari if he had reappointed the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, as the director-general of his re-election campaign for the 2019 presidential election.


Read full report at http://www.signalng.com/exclusive-buhari-reluctant-run-2019-pressured-desperate-governors-ministers/

Are we talking about the same Buhari?

Whether Buhari likes it or not, he must contest 2019 presidential elections so that our plans of defeating him totally will come to pass. I love to look at his defeated look..

I knew this was a lie immediately I saw the headline because everyone knows that Buhari is a power hungry failure who will not step aside just like that without being disgraced thoroughly first ..

Baba do not run o! The race is for the younger generation.

Idiotic pigs of Biafra will be happy now

I am voting for him again and again

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Terrorist IPOBIANS with their mumu analysis .

And he will eventually yield to the pressure since he never has a mind of his own.

yarimo:
Terrorist IPOBIANS with their mumu analysis .

Top terrorjst, you're still alive? That's okay. When did the Amarjiri starting reading, I'm excited you can read, unlike your begar brothers, strictened by poverty.