But there comes a letter in the presidential mailbox bearing what could be described as an electoral anthrax. The indicators emerged in multiples such that it became a matter of public knowledge that President Muhammadu Buhari was indeed wired for a fifth presidential contest. The major thrust of the missive was that: “President Buhari needs a dignified and honourable dismount from the horse. And having stood on the sidelines for long after being neither PDP nor APC, Obasanjo must have espied an opportunity to mobilise the nation and rouse the citizenry from apathy towards active participation. As such preying on the perceived apparent failure of the president, Obasanjo presents his alternative advice, saying: “We can collectively save ourselves from the position we find ourselves.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2018 04:30 UTC