Ex S/East governor speaks out in support of OBJ’s letter; says former president gave Buhari the ‘best advice’

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- Dr Cukwuemeka Ezeife, ex-governor of Anambra state, has reacted to the open letter written to President Muhammadu Buhari by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo

- Ezeife stated that Obasanjo had great wisdom in the area of politics, and had given Buhari the best advice

- The former governor further chided the president over the state of the nation and stated that anyone who advises him to re-contest does not wish him well

A former governor of Anambra state, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife has stated that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo gave the best advice to President Muhammadu Buhari in his now-famous open letter.

The ex-governor, who is also a former senior special assistant on political affairs to Obasanjo, made his comments during a chat with Daily Trust.

NAIJ.com gathers that Ezeife stated that anyone who likes Buhari won’t advice him to re-contest for the presidency in 2019.

He stated: “I respect Olusegun Obasanjo. I think God gives him wisdom in the area of politics. Whatever he does, he seems to succeed in politics. Therefore, his advice that President Buhari should not re-contest should not surprise anybody.

“Buhari wants to bring himself down. I don’t think there is any way he can re-contest and win in this Nigeria he messed up. Who will vote for him, the hungry people in Kano or Kaduna?

“Since we know Nigeria, it has never been so bad. Is it the promises he made that were kept? It is very difficult to see how a person who likes Buhari will ask him to go for a second time. Anybody who is asking him to re-contest does not wish him well.

“Some people don’t know whether it is the same Buhari we elected; who was so strong and young. I think it is the best advice.

“Obasanjo did the same thing in respect to former President Goodluck Jonathan. I support Obasanjo in his position that Buhari should not go and mess himself up trying to contest for a second term.”

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state, Kennedy Eyube, reportedly said the 2019 re-election moves of President Muhammadu Buhari have been boosted by the separate open letters from Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida.

In a statement in released in Warri, Delta state, Eyube stated that Nigerians should avoid criticizing Obasanjo and Babangida or react negatively as the letters should be seen as a major boost for the president’s re-election bid.

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