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The presidential race ahead of the 2015 elections becomes more
challenging with every single day. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
picked Goodluck Jonathan to represent the party, while the former
military Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), emerged the All
Progressives Congress (APC) candidate.
READ ALSO: Osinbajo Accused PDP Of Stamping False Identity On Buhari
Less than 2 months are left before the Nigerians are to make their
choice. This period is being marked
not only by serious war of words,
but also some past data, which become relevant in the course of the
current happenings in the country.
Thus, in a WikiLeaks document dating back to 2003, it is
contained that Bola Tinubu (Lagos State Governor at that time) urged
the Alliance for Democracy to support Olusegun Obasanjo over Buhari.
See the quote from the paper titled “Lagos State Governor’s Views On Iraq, National Elections, And AGOA”
Heading of the confidential document published on Wikileaks
“6. (C) Turning to the presidential contest, Tinubu disclosed
that he does not like President Obasanjo because he contributed to the
end of democracy in Nigeria during his tenure as a military president
and is now benefiting from that history. That said, Tinubu admitted that
he and his party, the Alliance for Democracy, must support Obasanjo.
Southwest Nigeria is Yoruba land and the President is Yoruba.
Tinubu’s party had no choice since it has not fielded a presidential
candidate. Moreover, Obasanjo is the only candidate who stands a chance of blocking his rival, General Muhammadu Buhari, whose ethnocentrism would jeopardize Nigeria’s national unity.
Buhari and his ilk are agents of destabilization who
would be far worse than Obasanjo. Tinubu and many other governors are
therefore implementing a strategy to re-elect Obasanjo, partly in an
effort to prevent Sharia from spreading. Tinubu predicted that
the President will follow his own course, if re-elected, since he will
not need as many friends the second time around.”
Screenshot from the WikiLeaks document
The recent period could be characterized as the season of leaked
documents. Yesterday the APC governorship candidate for Kaduna State,
Nasir El-Rufai, shared the alleged PDP’s “Plan B”
apparently to be used in case of their failure in 2015. The paper
contains however neither names nor signatures, therefore its origin
cannot be ascertained. |
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