Buhari, Dictator, Tribalist -Adebanjo …Says President’ll Lose 2019 Polls

A chieftain of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-political organisation, Ayo Adebanjo, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a dictator.
Adebanjo said this while reacting to the recent attack on top politicians in the opposition by the government, including the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Chief Ike Ekweremadu by security agencies.
Speaking with newsmen, the Afenifere chieftain noted that the actions of security agencies should not be a surprise to Nigerians.
Recall that the police had, last Tuesday, allegedly blocked the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki’s convoy at Lake Chad junction in Abuja.
Saraki was reportedly on his way to report to the police headquarters after he was invited for questioning by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris over Offa bank robbery when the incident happened.
Similarly, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had last week quizzed Ekweremadu over some undeclared property outside the shores of Nigeria.
Adebanjo recalled how he warned Nigerians against voting for Buhari in 2015 but his call was ignored.
He said, “What Buhari and security agents are doing now is not a surprise to me. Before the last election, I warned the whole country not to vote for him but they ignored me now they should know better.
“There is nothing he is doing now that he has not done before, they said that was during the military era and he will not do so during the democratic regime. I have always known him to be a dictator. I once met with Obasanjo and I warned them against Buhari but they felt I got money from Jonathan, now they know better.
“The achievements they are ascribing to him are fake. Buhari is a tribalist, an egoist, a communist, a conservative and feudalist of the first order. There is nothing he is doing now that he has not done before.
“I warned them but they never heed my warning including Obasanjo. I’m the only consistent critic of Buhari among those who are all shouting now.”
Similarly, Adebanjo, insisted that the defection of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and other bigwigs from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would affect President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019.
In a chat with newsmen, last Saturday, Adebanjo said most of the politicians defecting from APC worked for Buhari’s victory in 2015; hence their exit now would amount to the party’s failure in the next election.
It would be recalled that some 52 lawmakers in the National Assembly had about a week ago defected from the ruling APC.
Last Tuesday, the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, joined Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom to officially dump the ruling APC while joining the opposition PDP.
While Nigerians were still trying to savour the news of Saraki’s defection, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal also officially dumped APC for PDP.
Reacting to the gale of defections, the 90-year-old constitutional lawyer stressed that Buhari can only win the next election through rigging.
According to Adebanjo, “The issue is would Buhari have won the 2015 election without the participation of Saraki and all those defecting from APC? And if the answer is no, then Buhari will lose in 2019, Saraki’s defection notwithstanding.
“The image of Buhari in 2015 has deserted him now and besides the defections, Buhari’s performance is not enough for him to win.
“His failure is certain unless he rigs the election which he is planning to do. The defection of Saraki and the rest will only add to his failure during the next election.”