The Arewa Consultative Forum on Tuesday told former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, that President Muhammadu Buhari reserves the right to decide on seeking reelection or not in 2019.
The ACF was reacting to a statement issued by Obasanjo on Tuesday in which he told Buhari to retire home and not seek reelection in 2019.
The National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Muhammadu Biu, said inasmuch as it was within Obasanjo’s democratic rights to air his opinion, the decision to seek reelection or not lies solely with Buhari.
Biu said in a statement: “The statement credited to former President Obasanjo that President Buhari should not run in the 2019 election, it is his democratic right to express his view like any other Nigerian on all issues, including democracy.
“However, it is President Buhari’s prerogative and that of his party to decide on whether to re-contest or not.”
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