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Ezekwesili hints at running against Buhari
A former minister of education and vice president of World Bank, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has hinted the possibility of running for an elective office in Nigeria’s forthcoming general election.
Ezekwesili in a series of tweet on Wednesday, September 12, hinted that she might be challenging President Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election.
In her tweets, the former minister, who has also been a strong critic of the president asked if it was already late to join the race for 2019.
Campaigning for the #RedCardMovement, aimed at “retiring old politicians” said: “Let me even ask those of you that understand the electoral calendar. Is it already late to challenge all these OLD ORDER candidates of the Siamese-Twins of Bad Leadership &Governance Failure?”
She added that: “I am starting to think that one should step up & send them PACKING for GOOD. I am beginning to think, Why NOT? I am beginning to think, Let’s ALL ARISE and take on these OLD ORDER candidates cos after all, a time comes when Enough becomes really&truly ENOUGH,” Ezekwesili tweeted.
She also added that she researched an discovered that President Buhari declared to run for 2015 presidency on October 8, 2014 indicting it would not be late for anyone to declare an ambition to run for presidency now. “He declared on October 8, 2014. Folks, IT IS NOT LATE o. #LetsFightForIt,” she said. She also said that knowing herself, once her mind is made up, there is no stopping her.
See her tweets below:
“Let me even ask those of you that understand the electoral calendar. Is it already late to challenge all these OLD ORDER candidates of the Siamese-Twins of Bad Leadership &Governance Failure? I am starting to think that one should step up & send them PACKING for GOOD”
“I am beginning to think, Why NOT? I am beginning to think, Let’s ALL ARISE and take on these OLD ORDER candidates cos after all, a time comes when Enough becomes really&truly ENOUGH. I believe like many of you that the #NewNigeriaOfOurDream is POSSIBLE. Let’s FIGHT FOR IT”
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