I Will Not Campaign For My Husband In 2019 – Aisha Buhari

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Aisha, the wife of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that she will not campaign for her husband’s re-election in 2019.

The first lady, who made the statement during an interview with the BBC, said the president “does not know” most of the top officials he appointed to office.

She categorically stated that unless Buhari shakes up his cabinet, she will not support his re-election as Nigeria’s president.

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She declared that Buhari “does not know” most of the top officials he has appointed, adding that the government had been hijacked by some persons deciding presidential appointments.

“Some people are sitting down in their homes folding their arms only for them to be called to come and head an agency or a ministerial position,” she said.

When asked if the president had intentions of seeking re-election come 2019, Mrs Buhari, speaking with BBC’s Naziru Mikailu said, “He is yet to tell me (if he’ll seek re-election) but I have decided as his wife, that if things continue like this up to 2019, I will not go out and campaign again and ask any woman to vote like I did before. I will never do it again,” she said.

Asked to name those who had hijacked the government, she refused, saying: “You will know them if you watch television.”

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On whether the president was in charge of his administration, Mrs. Buhari said: “That is left for the people to decide.”

Mrs. Buhari’s decision to go public with her concerns may shock many people, but it shows the level of discontent with the president’s leadership, the BBC quotes its reporter Naziru Mikailu, as saying Abuja.

Speaking further on the appointments, Mrs. Buhari said, “The president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don’t know them either, despite being his wife of 27 years.”

She also mentioned the improvement of security in the north-east as her husband’s major achievement.

“No-one is complaining about being attacked in their own homes. Thankfully everyone can walk around freely, go to places of worship, etc. Even kids in Maiduguri have returned to schools,” Mrs. Buhari said.

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