BREAKING: Obasanjo Endorses Buhari

It is no longer news that Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has publicly expressed support for the electioneering campaign of Muhammadu Buhari, the former military head of state and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the launch of My Watch in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday. Former president Obasanjo, who served his two terms as president under the same Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform the present administration is now running on, condemned the postponement of the election. He said, “The circumstances (Buhari) will be working under if he wins the election are different from the one he worked under before, where he was both the executive and the legislature — he knows that,” “He is smart enough, he is educated enough, he is experienced enough and why should I not support him?”

It is the first time that the ex-president has publicly spoken of his support for Rtd. General Muhammadu Buhari. He recently said that he would only speak out on his leaning after the election has been conducted. He further went on to say, "On the postponement of the election, the signs are not auspicious. I don’t know whether a script is being played.” He criticized the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of wasting the country’s resources. “You need to ask (Jonathan) how has he let (the army) go to this extent,” he said. “Many things went wrong: recruitment went wrong; training went wrong; morale went down; motivation not there; corruption was deeply ingrained; welfare was bad.”

If we remember very well, former president Obasanjo has had issues selling the book, My Watch with court injunction preventing the sales of the book. One of the question being asked now is that, "Is he (Obasanjo) telling us the truth with whatever he says now or just trying to get back at the administration?" We can only hope that the elections now rescheduled for March 28 and April 11 goes well, free and fair.