Buhari Presidency’s 2023 Comments Smacks of Self-Succession Plot
BY EVELYN DADU, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is clear on the tenure of office of the President, stressing that such cannot be extended under any guise or conditions whatsoever.
The PDP which stated this while responding to the assertion by the Buhari Presidency that Nigerians will be waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari “to show the way in 2023”, noted that such a comment has further heightened public apprehensions of self-succession plot by the cabal in the Presidency.
The PDP noted that Nigerians were jolted when President Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, publicly announced in Daura, the President’s hometown, that President Buhari “constitutes a political obstacle” which those who seek to succeed him, come 2023 “cannot dismantle”.
The party said that such statement by the Presidency, which is in its last lap of the second and final tenure in office, is not only provocative but smacks of plots to derail the nation’s constitutional democratic order.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan further stated that perhaps the comment by the Buhari Presidency explains why there have been heavy onslaught against Nigeria’s institutions of democracy as well as the Electoral Act.
The PDP said; “Our party and indeed the majority of Nigerian across board and even across party lines caution President Buhari’s handlers to note that such plots cannot stand as it will be firmly resisted by the people.
“Shehu Garba should be bold enough to announce that President Buhari will be on the ballot for another term in 2023 and watch how Nigerians will respond.
“It is imperative for Shehu Garba to note that Nigerians have been subjected to the worst forms of hardship under the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration and will never allow anything that will keep this administration in office a day beyond May 29, 2023,” it stressed.
