The Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council for Tinubu/Shettima presidential ambition, Festus Keyamo, has said though President Muhammadu Buhari has assured his support for Tinubu, he does not believe in a do-or-die election.
Newsonline reports that Keyamo said Buhari’s stance that the 2023 election is not a do-or-die affair showed he is a democrat, unlike former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
Keyamo recalled that Obasanjo brought the lexicon do-or-die into Nigeria politics when he nominated late president Yar’Adua in 2007 election.
Keyamo said, “The Obasanjo-Yar’Adua situation was encapsulated in the voice of Obasanjo. He said the 2007 presidential election for him was a do-or-die affair. That was the first time that sentence escalated in Nigerian politics. A do-or-die election.”
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“President Buhari is not in that league of do-or-die. If he gives you his support, you can go to bed with your two eyes closed that you have his backing. However, he does not go to the extent of do-or-die.”
The Minister of state for Labour and Employment added that President Buhari’s stance that money and rigging will not take place in the 2023 election showed he is committed to giving Nigeria a good legacy.
Apart from giving his support, he also said nobody will use thugs or money to influence Nigerians and the outcome of the presidential election.”
“What Buhari has done is what a responsible leader should do. He has decided to chair the APC presidential campaign council. He was there physically during the flag-off in Jos. As the campaign goes on throughout the country, when it fits into his schedule, he will make his appearance at selected campaign grounds just to show that he is in support of Asiwaju.”
“He still has governance of the country to administer and he wants to finish very strong as president. That is why you see a lot of engagements on his diary these days.”
“But let me assure you that President Buhari is with Asiwaju 110 percent but he is not making it a do-or die affair like Obasanjo”.
