After such a miserable performance in the elections last Saturday, General Muhammadu Buhari should do the next honorable thing by withdrawing from the Presidential elections scheduled for Saturday, April 8, and endorse Nuhu Ribadu of ACN for the post of President of Federal Republic of Nigeria. I realize that this will be a bitter pill to swallow, for GMB who has contested the Presidential elections three times in a row, and is obviously yearning with fervency to rule our great country again. We respect the ambition of our esteemed General, which is his inalienable right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. But the people have spoken last Saturday; and their voices ring loud and clear: "Babu Buhari!"
Buhari's further participation in this election will just hand over the Presidency to Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP on a platter of gold. I have great admiration for our President Goodluck Jonathan, but he is surrounded by a decadent chop-chop party which has no plan for Nigeria but more of the same: abandoned projects, bad roads, poor healthcare delivery, insecurity, bribery, corruption stinking to the high heavens, grand-scale larceny of public funds, poor power supply etc. There is still a great opportunity for progressive forces to take over the reins of power for the first time in the history of this country. For once, the votes cast in the elections actually count for something. This is a moment that should not be lost. Buhari can cement his legacy by making it happen: withdrawing from this election which he can never win from his extremely narrow base in Katsina, and throwing his support behind a true democrat and patriot, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu.
If GMB will do this honorable thing, he would have cemented his legacy forever in the history of the Nigerian nation. It is futile and dangerous to wait for a re-run to support Ribadu, because I am pretty sure that PDP will not risk having a re-run. PDP will do everything in its power (remember Akinjide's 12 2/3 of states IN 1979?) to clinch it on the first ballot. If there is a time to salvage our country for the forces of progress, that time is now! This is our finest hour.
OVER TO YOU, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING. IT'S TIME TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK. IT'S TIME FOR RIBADU.
Emmanuel O. Fashakin, M.D.; Esq.
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