The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said nothing has changed its earlier resolve to field President Muhammadu Buhari for reelection in the 2019 general elections despite his recent health challenges.

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the party, in a chat with Independent said he is standing by his earlier statement that the party leadership will beg President Buhari to contest the 2019 election irrespective of his health situation.

According to him, if the president accepts to contest “that will be the greatest sacrifice he will be making for the progress, growth and stability of this country and Nigerians will be the ultimate beneficiary of that decision”.

The president recently returned to the country after over 40 days in the United Kingdom where he was treated for an undisclosed ailment. Despite several denials by aides of the president and ministers that he was hale and hearty, the president during a meeting he had with government officials upon his arrival said he had never been that sick in his life.

“I couldn’t recall being so sick since I was a young man, including in the military with its ups and downs”, he had said.

Though he has since resumed duties, the president also hinted that he may be going back to the UK for more treatment in few weeks.

“I am feeling much better now. There may, however, be need for further follow up within some weeks,” he stated.

Independent also gathered that doctors attending to President Buhari had advised him not to consider seeking re-election in 2019 giving the rigours of electioneering and the challenges he will face if he eventually wins.

Odigie-Oyegun, however, added that while he and other patriotic Nigerians will persuade the president to run, “the decision on whether to seek re-election or not is ultimately his”.

He said as a retired military officer, President Buhari is not afraid to sacrifice his health for Nigerians, saying that is the orientation he has had all his life even as a military officer.

He added that it is imperative for the president to seek re-election because the myriads of challenges facing the country cannot be solved even in eight years.

“The President Buhari I know is not afraid to sacrifice his health for the progress of this country. On my part and other progressive-minded Nigerians who mean well for this country, we will beg him to run again in 2019 because there is still a lot of work to be done.

“Four years, even eight years is not enough to redress the damages that have been done over the years. However, the ultimate decision is his but Nigerians will be the greatest beneficiaries if he accepts the challenge”, he said.

rozayx5:
ok, you will beg him to "run back to Daura"

kYjelly2:
Every sane Nigerian must come out in 2019 to remove this coup plotter.

I said yesterday on my thread that when he won, whites were asking questions like:


"How can a past dictator rule in a democracy? "

"How can a dictator move their country forward"


Now these are people in developed countries ooo...


In Nigeria, everyone just forgets yesterday, like it didn't matter.

How can anyone in their right senses, advocate for a coup plotter

I just don't understand this country. Why do we love to suffer so much.

Im starting to believe that Nigerians really do not want a better Nigeria. They really dont. What they want, is to keep complaining at local isi ewu joints about things that they themselves could have prevented.

Nigerians love their filth, their open gutters, their lack of electricity, their failing currency... and they will fight anyone that will take these things away from them in an attempt to make things right.

blackpanda:



[s]Some people just come out to blab out of ignorance.

If you want to dwell on the past and on historical facts, then go back and check what led to the coup in 1983
Compare that with the morbidly corrupt and irresponsible govt of Goodluck Jonathan and you will see that President Buhari is actually a God-sent to Nigeria. Everytime Nigeria is on the brink of being consumed and destroyed, it is Buhari who comes to the rescue. Yes his policies are radical and perhaps harsh, but that is exactly what the country needs to put us back on track.

It is grossly irresponsible to just term Buhari as a coup plotter, perhaps you are to lazy to read your history books or you are part of the 1% of Nigerians that benefitted from the corruption of the last regime.

More importantly, if Buhari was such a bad candidate, then why didnt you come out and contest you that is the best candidate. Rubbish![/s]

kYjelly2:
Every sane Nigerian must come out in 2019 to remove this coup plotter.

I said yesterday on my thread that when he won, whites were asking questions like:


"How can a past dictator rule in a democracy? "

"How can a dictator move their country forward"


Now these are people in developed countries ooo...


In Nigeria, everyone just forgets yesterday, like it didn't matter.

How can anyone in their right senses, advocate for a coup plotter

I just don't understand this country. Why do we love to suffer so much.

Im starting to believe that Nigerians really do not want a better Nigeria. They really dont. What they want, is to keep complaining at local isi ewu joints about things that they themselves could have prevented.

Nigerians love their filth, their open gutters, their lack of electricity, their failing currency... and they will fight anyone that will take these things away from them in an attempt to make things right.