A pro-Buhari group, Re-elect Buhari Movement (RBM), has asked Nigerians not to be distracted by the recent allegations leveled against President Muhammadu Buhari by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
According to the RBM, Obasanjo’s action was nothing but a failed plot to de-market the President ahead of the coming polls.
The group, however, said the action would not affect Buhari negatively as the former president was known for his antics.
The RBM, in a statement signed by its Convener, Mr. Emmanuel Umohinyang, particularly noted that Obasanjo himself knew that he had no electoral value.
This was even as the RBM predicted that Akwa Ibom State where Obasanjo endorsed its governor for second term last year despite a woeful performance, would fall to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming elections.
It posited that the issue had been made worse with the defection of Senator Godswill Akpabio, the immediate-past governor of the state, to the APC, which had altered the political equation in the state.
He said: “We have said it before that Nigerians have since turned their backs on OBJ (Obasanjo) and his antics, especially his ill informed tirades against the Buhari administration.
“The state of Akwa Ibom in particular has fallen to the APC with Akpabio’s defection, and that tells you the picture of things to come. With Akpabio’s defection, the people have also moved, which shows the deep love they have for him.”
