2019: Buhari’s aide, Femi Adesina tells other presidential aspirants to run away

Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Monday asked prospective presidential aspirants to bury their ambition.

He simply asked them to run away, following Buhari’s interest to run for the forthcoming 2019 elections.

Adesina claimed that Buhari was the only candidate that could take Nigerians to the Promised Land.

In his article entitled ‘2019: Let the others simply run away\, Adesina reeled out Buhari’s achievements, noting that he will support him as long as he knows that the president will perform more than anyone else.

Read his full article below:

2019: Let the others simply run away

There are two options for those in contention for the presidency in 2019: run, or run away. Now that President Muhammadu Buhari has indicated his intention to run, dwarfs trying to wear a giant’s shoes should simply run away. The cat has returned from a journey, let the rats scamper for safety.

Show clean pairs of heels? But this is a democracy! Everybody is free to run in the direction he or she fancies. True. So, what I’ve said is mere advice, which they can take, or choose not to take. Nigerians will decide early next year. The greater the challenge, the sweeter the victory.

I have always said it privately and in public. If President Muhammadu Buhari decides to run for a second term in 2019, I would support him. It doesn’t matter whether I am in government or not. For some of us, the man Buhari is a conviction, a resolution, a man to admire and adore since 1984, when he became military head of state.

Is he perfect? Show me the man who is. Is he running a perfect government? Show me the government which is. Is he sincere? Very. Does he love the country? Dearly. Will he take Nigeria to the Promised Land? As the good Lord helps. And he is on the way there. Does he need more time? Sure, he does. The rot was too much, benumbing.