Hajia Fatima Mohammed, one of the members of the APC Board of Trustees (BoT) has said she will go on hunger strike if President Muhammadu Buhari refuses a second term ticket.
The All Progressives Congress chieftain made this known in a recent interview with Leadership Newspaper.
“He
will not (decline). We will go on hunger strike to ensure he contests.
We will go on the streets, I mean it. I will mobilise women and youths
for Buhari. Four years is not enough to change this country. The anti-
corruption war cannot be finished in four years. This is barely two
years and we are having more corruption cases happening,” she said.
Mohammed has reiterated that the President's
mission is an eight years cause and she will mobilize women and men to
go on hunger strike should Buhari refuse the ticket.
The
APC chieftain further warned politicians eyeing the presidential seat
against 2019 to drop the idea as she will do everything within her
powers to see that the President returns for a second term
In her words: "…Buhari is for 2019. So,
all those people eyeing 2019 should sleep. They should put their minds
to rest. In 2019, there is no vacancy. We will mobilize for Buhari to
contest in 2019. Four years is not enough for him to set Nigeria fully
on the right path.
"He needs
eight years to do that. He cannot bring somebody and expect him to work
like him. We have seen instances where governor’s bring successors and
they turn back to fight them and make a mess of the work," she said.
Continuing, Mohammed said: "The
gravity of work to be done in Nigeria requires a personality like
Buhari to do it. Over the years things went wrong in the system. There
have been systemic corruption which made it difficult for us to develop
at a faster pace. We want Buhari to continue and we will take up
placards, go to the streets and campaign for him to continue. I am one
of those championing Buhari’s second term."
The
ruling party is currently facing internal rancour with the national
leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu not in good accord with the party's
chairman, John Oyegun.
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