Obasanjo expresses confidence in President Buhari

President Olusegun Obasanjo is standing with President Muhammadu Buhari as the former President gave pass marks to the Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC)- led Federal Government saying “so far, Buhari has not disappointed us”.

Obasanjo expressed confidence in President Buhari’s ability to “overcome” Nigeria’s challenges, before adding that his decision to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is final and irreversible In an interview with newsmen in Taraba state, northeast Nigeria,, Vanguard reports.

“So far, Buhari has not disappointed us. I trust him (Buhari), he will not fail Nigerians. I know he will overcome the challenges the country is currently facing,” he said.

“In the part of the country where I come from, there is a saying that you cannot say, ‘good night’ and come back to say ‘good evening’ in the same place. So for me, it is good night for the Peoples Democratic Party and that’s all.”

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly similarly has appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience with President Buhari saying it is too early to judge him, adding that there is no pain without gain.

Pastor Bakare, Buhari’s running mate during the 2011 presidential election, spoke at the presidential villa in Abuja after holding a closed door meeting with the president yesterday.

“It’s too early and just too soon to begin to judge. If there is anything I know about Mr. President, it is that he has a good heart. He loves this country and he wants the country to run well,” he said.

“But it takes time. I know we are all impatient and in a hurry and I trust we will come out of the woods. When you are driving on a wrong direction, for example, you are going to Ibadan and you face Badagry, and you get to Cotonou and you realise you have gone in the wrong direction for too long a time, then you make a U-turn, there will be some suffering you have to go through.

“Pain is part of gain. No pain no gain. The years of wastage and all that we have done wrong has finally caught up with us. All we are praying for is wisdom for this government to do things right and to do the right things so that gradually, we can begin to come out of the woods.”