APC senator backs Obasanjo, asks Buhari to obey former president’s advice

- The senator representing Kaduna central Shehu Sani has reacted to a letter by the former president Olusegun Obasanjo to president Buhari - Sani said former president Olusegun's truth will heal the president Buhari better than the corrosive deception of the political Pilgrims to the villa - He noted that the former president's letter reflects the views of many members of the political ruling establishment but who simply lacks the courage to speak The senator representing Kaduna central Shehu Sani has called on president Muhammadu Buhari to heed the admonition of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and quit his re-election bid. Sani who is a member of the All Progressives Congress, said the president should emulate Nelson Mandela of South Africa, and bow out while the ovation is loudest. Premium Times reports that the senator said the views advanced by the former president remains the views of the majority in the ruling class.

 He added that the ‘truth’ is better than ‘deceptions’ currently being availed President Buhari. According to him, ''Former president Olusegun verdict on the Buhari Administration remains his personal opinion which he is entitled to but also had the courage, the principle and the confidence to voice it out. ''Obasanjo’s views reflects and represent the views of many members of the political ruling establishment but who simply lacks the courage to speak the truth to power, out of fear of political consequences. ''There exist a regime and climate of fear among the ruling political establishment; the views expressed before the president is a polar difference and distant from the views they express behind the president. ''The bitterness of Obasanjo’s truth will heal the president better than the corrosive deception of the political Pilgrims to the villa.'' He advised Nigerians not to discard the contents of the letter while advising President Buhari to heed the advice.
 The senator added: ''Those who celebrated Obasanjo when he called National Assembly members unarmed robbers should not demonize him when he calls the knights and Courtiers of the President names. ''Obasanjo’s letter is a truth packaged in Dynamite that must not be ignored or disposed recklessly. The ship of the Nigerian state is staggering to a halt; the nation is politically divided along ethnic and religious lines. President needs to eavesdrop on his friends to get their inner views. ''President Buhari cannot get the truth from psycophants, favour seekers, patented friends of power and people whose political survival and future is dependent on his continued stay in office even is to the detriment of his integrity or moral seat in history.”
 Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Senator Sani warned members of the ruling the APC against demonizing the former president Obasanjo’s letter to president Buhari. Former president said in his letter released on Tuesday, January 22, asked Buhari to shelve his idea of seeking re-election in 2019. Senator Sani, who said that people were rejoicing when Obasanjo fired missiles at the National Assembly and called its members unarmed robbers, wondered why some APC members are no longer at ease when former president wrote a warning letter to Aso Rock.