Heed ‘Prophet’ Obasanjo’s Advice By Retiring In 2019, Ex-Gov Tells Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by a former governor of Abia State to heed the counsel of former president Olusegun Obasanjo by shelving any intention to seek re-election in 2019.

Theodore Orji joins an already growing list of those asking President Buhari to perish the thought of contesting in the next presidential election.

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Orji, who is a serving Senator in the National Assembly, said in a chat with journalists that Obasanjo should be commended for playing the role of an elder statesman by calling the president to order.

“Well, I can only advise the federal government to accede to the advice of the elder statesman and former President of Nigeria. The man has become a prophet and that is why I advise that his letter should not be treated with levity, but with the seriousness it deserves,” said the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial district.

“It is not the first time he has written to a President. He has done so over the years and no sooner has the letter been received than those that failed to heed it have themselves to blame. But seriously speaking the former President has performed his role as a former President and an elder statesman. Such a person cannot be around and see things going wrong and keep quiet.

“So for me, there is nothing wrong with what he has done and I also think that there will be nothing wrong for the federal government to take his advice and do the proper thing.

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“There was nothing personal in the letter he wrote and he was merely writing to a friend and brother both in the military and democracy. Both of them have come a long way so they owe themselves only the truth and that is what President Obasanjo has done.

“He should be commended for the courage as he was commended when he wrote in 2013. He should not be vilified,” Orji said.

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