- A rights group, Muslims Rights Concern, says Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent criticism of Buhari should have been directed at the National Assembly
- It accuses the legislative arm of government of hampering the progress of the current administration
A rights group, Muslims Rights Concern, has blamed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the challenges being faced by the Buhari administration in delivering on its electoral promises.
The group in a statement on Thursday, January 25, by its executive director, Ishaq Akintola, insisted that Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent criticism of the president should have been directed at the National Assembly, Premium Times reports.
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“The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) believes that Obasanjo’s tirade would have been right had he fired it at the National Assembly which has been holding Buhari by the hand,”
“But alas! Obasanjo has chosen the victim instead of the culprit. Although Obasanjo’s epistle is profound, recondite and arcane, we are constrained to conclude that certain germane correlates have not been put into consideration by the respected retired general and ex-head of state,” the group said.
The Muslims Rights Concern said President Buhari was a victim of a well-knitted political conspiracy by the legislative arm of government.
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The group accused the National Assembly of hampering the progress of the Buhari administration.
NAIJ.com had reported that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's former president, on Tuesday, January 23, asked President Muhammadu Buhari, not to seek re-election in 2019 as he is already being pressured to do by some Nigerians.
In a statement: The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement, Obasanjo said President Buhari has performed far below expectation just as he added that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not the solution to the country's challenges.
Premium Times reports Obasanjo as asking Buhari to honourably dismount from the horse and join the league of former leaders whose experience, influence, wisdom and outreach can be deployed on the side line for the good of the country.
Obasanjo said he was not excited with the way Buhari, who he supported during the 2015 general elections against Goodluck Jonathan, had handled the country.
He said even Jonathan had come to realise that he made some mistakes and had publicly regretted them.
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Source: Naija.ng