EvilMetahuman:
Suddenly 75 years old atiku is what we need


Typical flat head and double standard

odiks:
Mr Peter Obi, the immediate past governor of Anambra State, is a honorary adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan. Obi shares his perspective on the 2015 polls in this interview.

Do you agree that Buhari has the capacity to stop Boko Haram if elected?

Gen. Buhari, as a respected, retired general and as an elder statesman, does not need an invitation, an appointment or an elective office to intervene on any national issue, especially issues of national security like the one facing the country at the moment. Elder statesmen all over the world do not wait to be invited before they step forward on matters of grave concern to their fatherland.

President Jonathan is running round sleeplessly and working with security agencies, in addition to forging bilateral ties to solve these problems. He will certainly be very glad to receive any suggestions from Buhari and I can assure you that Nigerians will be glad if he helps solve the problem as an elder statesman. He has said that he will summon a meeting of serving and retired generals to help solve the problem if elected, but he does not need to be elected to do so.

But some people are saying that he can deal with Boko Haram, the way he dealt with the Maitatsine unrest decades ago.

I have read in some places where the APC said that because Buhari stopped Maitaitsine in the 80s, he will also stop Boko today. I disagree entirely with this claim, because the stable global environment of the 80s cannot be compared with the volatile and terror-enveloped global environment of today. The socio-religious realities that threw up the Maitaisine group are different from the realities that threw up Boko Haram.

In the 80s, most countries were stable, but today the global instability, cutting across nations like Iraq, Syria and the Middle East, has created a labyrinth of terror. This is in addition to our African neighbours, , like Libya, Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya, Tunisia and others, which are all facing various forms of instability and terrorist activities. The level of sophistication in technology and military hardware is also totally different today. No one would have ever imagined in the 80s that terrorists would go into the US and bomb the World Trade Centre, or attack the Pentagon. But we all saw it happen.

These are realities that need to shape our understanding of the world of today. What is happening has a global coloration, because the ISIS flag is the flag you see with Alshaba in Somalia and Boko Haram in Nigeria. You can now see why we cannot compare yesterday with what we are seeing today. Who would have thought that Nigerians would turn into suicide bombers?

READ FULL INTERVIEW ON SUNDAY VANGUARD

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/nigeria-not-need-72-yr-old-grandfather-president-peter-obi/amp/

bedspread:
Atiku is 71 and he looks 57

Naijaguy12345:
Nigeria does not need a thief either as president. Atiku is a thief.

EvilMetahuman:
Suddenly 75 years old atiku is what we need


Typical flat head and double standard

bedspread:
Atiku is 71 and he looks 57

gurnam:
The useless sizzy with yeye voice is a tribalist too

ibotcom:
Even at 75,Atiku is educated, non-tribalistic, enlightened, exposed, business oriented and full of life compared to that Lifeless fossil that is called Buhari

Pekele007:
We never for once thought Nigeria will have a divisive presidiot that believe in 97% greater than 5%. Right now we have no choice.


Yes Nigeria doesn't need a lifeless fossil as President but right now, a 100 year old man filled with life is better than Buhari.


Besides, Atiku is not yet 72 and Buhari is quite above 80 years of age... Why are BMCs not bringing up corruption cases against Peter Obi? Cos he is clean.