- A retired army general has condemned advise given to President Muhammadu Buhari by former president Olusgeun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida
- Idada Ikponmwen said the duo lack the moral right to tell President Buhari not to run for second term in office
- He said only president Buhari can decide whether he wants to run for presidency in 2019 or not
A former provost marshal of the Nigerian army, Idada Ikponmwen has said that neither ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo or Ibrahim Babangida has the right to ask President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek a second term.
Ikponmwen, a retired brigadier general of the Nigerian army said the duo lacked any moral justification to ask the president not to run for a second tenure.
Reacting to letter and statement by both former leaders, Ikponmwen said, President Buhari alone can decide whether he wants to run or not.
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Ikponmwen said: “If those of them who are writing letters now had fixed Nigeria when they were in power, Nigerians would not be suffering today.”
Also denying reports that retired military officers are currently plotting against the 2019 presidential ambition of Buhari, Ikponmwen said there is no truth in such reports.
“Whereas there were some obvious truth in what both of them had said, that not withstanding, they do not have the moral justification to say what they had said.
"No moral justification, because these two people had the opportunity to make this country better than what it is now, but they failed, they could not do it.
"Besides, this is democracy, everybody has the right to vote and be voted for.
“The ultimate decision will lie first with him, whether he wants to contest or not. Secondly, is the party ready to field him or not? Then Nigerians will make the final decision. I think it is premature and undesirable for anybody to rule out Buhari now," Ikponmwen said.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that a group had backed Obasanjo and Babangida on their warnings to President Buhari.
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The group, Liberal Democratic Movement aligned with ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo's assessment of President Muhammadu Buhari.
LDM said it agrees that the president was demonstrating nepotism and condoning corruption.
It also agreed with Obasanjo that the All Progressives Congress had lost its credibility.
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Source: Naija.ng
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