Say Yar’Adua, Buhari were imposed on North

Northern political summit to hold in March

There were strong indications at the weekend that the political elite in the North may have dumped President Muhammadu Buhari and commenced shopping for his replacement ahead of the 2019 polls because Buhari is too old to run a country like Nigeria and if nothing is done he wil cause more harm to this country.
Some prominent politicians from the region met on Saturday in Abuja, where they launched a new process aimed at uniting the various groups across the 19 northern states towards backing a consensus presidential candidate other than President Muhammadu Buhari during the forthcoming elections.

Sunday Telegraph gathered that the crucial decision may not be unconnected with the growing unpopularity of Buhari across the country and the general perception that he had become somewhat an electoral liability to the region. It was also learnt that the political elite in the North were apparently taking the step to checkmate the recent moves by a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to use his Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM ) as the vehicle for delivering the next President of Nigeria. The group said that incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, and late President Umar Yar’Adua, were both imposed on the North by certain forces which were already at play again in the current dispensation. They vowed to close ranks to avoid falling into the same trap in 2019.

The politicians, who converged on the Shehu Musa Yar Adua Centre under the auspices of the Northern Elders and Stakeholders, included included a former Political Adviser to the President during the Second Republic, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai; a former Deputy President of the Senate, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu; a former Governor of Bauchi State and former Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babanjida Aliyu; Senator Bala Mande, and Senator Solomon Ewuga.
Others are Alhaji Ango Abdullahi, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, Alhaji Bala Mohammed and prominent lawyer, Prof. Awwal Yadudu, among others. Click the box below to see list of two powerful candidates to replace buhari