The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s presidential campaign team in the south west has attacked the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), saying the general is not mentally capable of ruling Nigeria.
The statement was made by the secretary of the south west campaign team, Jide Adeniji, at a press conference on Tuesday in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, Daily Times reports.
Adeniji, who is the chairman of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency, said Buhari did nothing worthwhile when he staged a coup and unseated the democratically elected government of former president Shehu Shagari in 1983.
According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan has done so much, including establishing federal universities in states where they did not exist.
“I respect Gen. Buhari; he is an elderly man, but Buhari does not have the mental capability to rule Nigeria. Some people ruled Nigeria and did not build anything, they did not do anything to uplift the standard of education.
“No way, President (Goodluck) Jonathan won’t hand over power to an S75 holder. His certificate is in doubt. Is that the kind of leader Nigeria needs now? No.” Adeniji is quoted as saying by Daily Times.
Adeniji said Yoruba people would not vote for Buhari because he did not love the people of the south west.
According to him, there was a time when some Fulani cattle rearers and some Yoruba people clashed at Shaki in Oyo State and lives were lost.
Adeniji claimed that Lam Adesina, the then governor of Oyo State, was happy to see that Buhari was the leader of the delegation from the north to assess the situation, but said the governor was shocked when Buhari allegedly said he came for only the Fulani people and not for the affected Yoruba people.
He said, “Such person is not fit to lead a country like Nigeria.”
This is not the first time Buhari has faced criticism from the PDP. Recently Governor Fayose of Ekiti State attacked the general in an advert saying he is too old to be president of Nigeria.
