Katsina Elders To Reply Obasanjo, Says Masari

The Katsina State Elders Forum will soon reply former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement asking President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019, Governor Aminu Masari said yesterday in Daura.

“The elders forum will consider the possibility of replying the recent letter (statement) by President Olusegun Obasanjo to Buhari.

“We intend to place an advertorial in the national dailies to respond to the issues he raised,” Masari told reporters, shortly after he led the elders on a condolence visit to President Buhari in Daura.

Masari said that the forum had studied the letter and would respond to its contents.

“The response will not be long in coming; it will be very soon,” he said.

Masari said that the elders were in Daura to condole with the President over the death of his two sisters – Hajiya Aisha Mamman and Hajiya Halima Dauda – and described their demise as “very saddening”.

Among the elders who condoled with the President were Justice Mamman Nasir (rtd), Brig-Gen Ahmed Daku (rtd), Justice Sadiq Mahuta, Emir of Daura, Alhaji Farouk Umar and Alhaji Dahiru Mangal.

Also yesterday, Emir of Maradun in Zamfara, Alhaji Garba Tambari, said some traditional rulers across the country had resolved to ensure the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.

Tambari told reporters: All citizens who wish Nigeria well must support the re-election of the President “if he finally decides to seek renewal of his electoral mandate in 2019

“Anybody who wishes this country good, who wishes this country well, will want Mr President to continue after 2019. So, we wish he will continue by the grace of God,’’ he said.

The Emir stated that the re-election of the President in 2019 would ensure continuity in governance as the Buhari administration had recorded remarkable successes in the areas of security and fighting corruption and revitalisation of the economy.

Tambari, who said he was in Daura on a solidarity visit to the President, lauded him for his selfless service to the country.

He said the President had assured to tackling the problem of insecurity in some parts of Zamfara.