On Sunday, President Buhari vowed that the forthcoming 2019
presidential election would be the last he would contest.
Speaking at a meeting with the royal fathers in the
Government House, Buhari promised not to abuse the constitution, noting that he
would stop contesting after this coming election.
He said the 2019 election would be the fifth time he is
contesting for Presidency after he ran for the office of the president under
All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), in 2003 and 2007 and failed.
He changed to Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), in 2011
and equally failed. But in 2015 when he changed to APC, he won and took the
mantle of leadership from Ex-president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the president charged traditional rulers to
do more in curbing banditry and kidnapping in their communities, saying that he
felt disappointed that people close to some of them were found to have a hand
in such criminality
His words, “We are determined to defend the nation and its
people. We are disappointed with some of the things going on. You are
responsible for the security of your neighborhood. Being close to your people,
you know them. You are still relevant. I am sorry this has extended to some of
your families.
President Buhari said he was contesting this election as his
fifth and the last, because as he noted, “a second term is what the
constitution allows, and I will not abuse the constitution.”
