A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed the fear that the 2019 presidential election may not be free with President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired military man, now leading the country.
He said unlike former President Goodluck Jonathan, who was in power during the 2015 general elections and was โmuch more level-headedโ being a โpeaceful, (and) very patriotic Nigerian,โ the country was now dealing with โa retired general, (who is) very uncompromising, also power-drunk; (and) who will not be ready to leave power without a fight.โ
An AFP report quoted Atiku, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, as saying on Monday evening that these were โsome of my fears for the current elections.โ
โThe characters that are involved this time, as far as the leadership of this country is concerned, are different from 2015,โ he said.
Atiku also tasked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) to explain to Nigerians the decision by the Federal Government to share $322m Abachaโs loot and also begged for a fresh $328m loan from China.