Buhari Will Collapse Nigeria, Let’s Join Hands To Remove Him, Obasanjo Begs Afenifere

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, met with the leader of the Afenifere socio-political group in Akure, Osun State.

Obasanjo paid a courtesy call on Chief Reuben Fasoranti at his Akure residence, where he urged the Afenifere to join hands with him to save Nigeria’s soul by throwing President Muhammadu Buhari out from office.

The former president admired Afenifere’s steadfastness and commitment to protecting the interest of the South West region and the country at large.

He said, “I remember visiting Pa Abraham Adesanya thrice in Lagos before the 1999 election and I was asked to join Afenifere and Alliance for Democracy then, but I told them that AD was a cul-de-sac.

“Pa Abraham told me that if I joined, things would change; but I refused to join them. I went back the second time, but they refused to work for my emergence.

“I went there again the third time, but Afenifere maintained their stand. They refused to vote for me; but I secured my votes outside Yorubaland, though they supported me in 2003 for my re-election.

“Our priority is now one. If we do not join hands to repair this country now, it will collapse and this could be disastrous,” Obasanjo said.

Responding, Fasoranti lauded the former president’s statesmanship and “fearlessness” in his pursuit of ensuring that Nigeria remains an entity.

The Afenifere leader decried the spate of killings being witnessed under the current administration, saying Obasanjo has their full backing as President Buhari has allegedly failed to put the country in order.

Fasoranti said, “We want to encourage you in your struggle to make Nigeria the best. You are fearless and that is one of the traits of a good leader

“We have been watching you; and your dreams of a better Nigeria shall be realised.

“Nigerians are at a crossroads; we are tired of the killings, kidnapping going on across the country and the President is mute about it.

“We are in full support of all the letters written by Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of the nation. We are dissatisfied with the state of affairs in the country. The country is not being run properly.

“Nothing is being done properly in this country presently. Look at the killings in the North. The President is very silent about it.

“We are all Nigerians. If he can keep silence about the killing of his people, that is bad enough.

“It will be the joy of everybody to present a formidable team to confront the evil government that is there now,” he said.