APC Chieftain Ogbonnia Confirms ‘Foreign Pressure’ On Buhari

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Dr. SKC Ogbonnia A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), SKC Ogbonnia, has confirmed the report of foreign opposition to President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term ambition.

The Presidency has denied media reports that some foreign powers were putting pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, who said this in a statement on Tuesday, added that contrary to the report, Buhari was being held in high esteem in the countries mentioned in the report.

Reacting in a statement on Wednesday, Ogbonnia said: “The simple truth is that neither the world nor democracy, in and of itself, promotes bad governance—whether in democratic, pseudo-democratic or autocratic governments.

“So, the international community does indeed interfere in “the democratic affairs of a sovereign country”, where necessary.

“As a leading figure in selling Buhari’s candidacy to the international community in 2014 through 2015, I know firsthand the role of such democratic nations during the campaign and in the events leading to President Goodluck Jonathan’s historic concession.

“Further, my campaign has been crisscrossing the globe in the past weeks, consulting with fellow Nigerians, as well as influential leaders within our major allies, including Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Russia, China, Canada, etc. I can state unequivocally that the emerging consensus among these nations is that President Buhari’s second term ambition lacks in cogency.

“They point to Buhari’s failing health, lack of clear vision, lack of intellectual capacity, an apparent pattern of torpor, nepotism, wanton killings, disregard to rule of law, and a growing sense of disunity and uncertainty in the land, among many failings.

“President Muhammadu Buhari should consider our great party and country before self. The worst omen that can meet Nigeria at this stage of national development is any opening that allows the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to wangle itself back to power. Buhari’s candidacy is squarely that opening, period.”

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