Jonathan’s campaigners knock Obasanjo for endorsing Buhari

The Campaign Organisation of
President Goodluck Jonathan has
described the endorsement of the
Presidential candidate of the rival
All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) by
former President Olusegun
Obasanjo as unfortunate.
It nevertheless said that the former
President should know that he has
only one vote.
The campaign organisation was
reacting to the endorsement of
Buhari by the former chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the ruling
party in Kenya on Tuesday.
Speaking on Buhari, Obasanjo said
the former Head of State was aware
of the challenges of Nigeria and
was qualified to rule the country
again.
He said that he had confidence that
Buhari would be able to tackle
corruption and insecurity
effectively if elected
The open endorsement of Buhari
by Obasanjo was at the detriment
of Jonathan, and the ruling party
and Presidency was said to have
been jolted by this action.
Though the former President has
never hidden his disdain for
President Jonathan because of his
alleged ineffective leadership, it
was gathered that the Presidency
was of the opinion that Obasanjo
would not openly speak on the
issue.
However, the Director of Media and
Publicity of the PDP Presidential
Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi
Fani-Kayode, said in Abuja on
Wednesday that Obasanjo was
entitled to his opinion.
He said, “I have to confess to you, I
have not read what President
Obasanjo said. I have just been told
and I haven’t read the text.
“As far as I am concerned, President
Obasanjo is entitled to his opinion,
he is a respected member of our
society, and we have immense
respect for him. This election is
about one man, one vote and we
should restrict our choices and
decisions to ourselves.
“I believe it will be a very sad day
indeed, if going by what we all
know about Gen. Buhari and what
Gen. Obasanjo knows about Gen.
Buhari that he will still go out of his
way to endorse him for anything; I
will be very surprised.
“But we will meet them all at the
polls, we would meet in the field
and by the grace of God, at the end
of it all those that have endorsed
Buhari, of course they know that
President Goodluck Jonathan has
come of age and Nigerians will
make their choice and we shall
win.”
On the laying of siege to the
residence of a former Governor of
Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, by
soldiers, Fani-Kayode said it was
not true.
He alleged that the APC and the
former governor were lying about
the issue, adding that as of the time
he said photographs were taken in
front of the residence, there were
no soldiers there.
Rather, he said that a detachment
of policemen were there at the
expense of the state government
and that the policemen were
stationed there to provide security
for the former governor.
He said, “It is a perilous lie. This
party and government will never
do that. Why would the
government do that?
“How would that profit the
government and the party? It is a
sorry time for the members of the
opposition for claiming this. I think
Asiwaju Tinubu should provide the
evidence of the soldiers’ presence
with photographs.”