Buhari Does Not Want Peace In Nigeria – Obiageli Ezekwesili

Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili has said she is not so sure that President Muhammadu Buhari wants anything else but war across the nation before, during and after the 2019 election.

Ezekwesili said as much during a meeting with the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI)–two organisations deploying a Joint International Elections Observer Mission to Africa’s most populous country in 2019.

Ezekwesili assured the delegation that she will promote peace before and after the election. She also asked the delegation to warn President Buhari against working against the standard of the election.

“My entry into the presidential race is to win and provide the long elusive good governance to Nigerians so that our country and people will prosper, become stable and live in harmony,” Ezekwesili said.

She said, “I have raised the bar in making 2019 an issue/value-based campaign and forced the dominant parties to start focusing on same. My candidacy is mobilising the citizens into a movement of enlightened voters who can make informed choices in the elections.

“My candidacy is creating a political disruption of the old extant order of a political class who have always seen politics as a means to personal wealth instead of service to the country and people.

“With my foray in politics, a new order of politicians and politically conscious citizens are emerging on the scene. Young people and women are the segment of the voting population that are most excited about my candidacy and are volunteering and donating to our campaign.

“As a well-known protagonist for peace, I have signed the peace accord. I did not attend the original event due to failure of communication, but went over to the secretariat to immediately sign the accord the next day when the peace committee reached out to me with apologies and accepted its failure to duly communicate the event to me for attendance.”