Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has not yet declared his intention to seek re-election or not but his supporters are pushing for him to be re-elected as the country’s leader.
Buhari who is 75 years has for the larger part of his presidency been plagued by reports of ill-health forcing him out of the country on some occasions to seek medical attention.
One of his key allies, Adebayo Shittu who is also Nigeria’s minister of communications on Wednesday declared that he would chair a group campaigning for the re-election of his boss next year.
“We, his ardent supporters who appreciate his worth on behalf of millions of Nigerians, would urge him to recontest,” Shittu told journalists Abuja after informing Buhari of his plans to head the group.
Shittu said “I know he has not made up his mind but I can say that some of us can assist him in making up his mind”.
Last year Buhari’s minister of women’s affairs, Aisha Alhassan told Reuters that president Buhari told his party members in 2015 that he does not intend seeking re-election in 2019.
Aisha Alhassan said Mr. Buhari said he was elected to only seek one term signaling his resolve not to go against this agreement.
“If today Mr. President says he is running in 2019 I will go to him respectfully and thank him for giving me an opportunity to serve and then tell him that I have to resign because my political father may be running,” said Alhassan.
Adebayo Shittu decision to meet Buhari to inform him about chairing a group championing his re-election campaign shows that Buhari could still seek re-election.
Source: Africafeeds.com
