By: Oliseama Okwuchukwu
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that nobody will unseat him in the rescheduled 2019 presidential election.
The President, who spoke exclusively CNN Africa aired on Friday, also dismissed suggestions that he lacks the stamina to run the country for another four years.
When asked if he was scared that he could be defeated the way he defeated former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, Buhari replied: “No. Nobody would unseat me. I am ready to take this country forward for the next four years.”
He reiterated that his administration had kept the three-point promise to fight insecurity, corruption and fix the economy.
President Buhari while thanking the international community for its support in the fight against insurgency, assured that he would do his best to curtail the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East.
The short interview went thus:
CNN: They say you don’t have the stamina for another term. What’s your response?
Well, I have done it. So, they can give you another answer.
CNN: You are ready to take this country forward for another four years?
Yes. I’m ready for it.
CNN: Boko Haram, terror groups are still wrecking parts of this country, killing Nigerians. What is your plan to stop that?
Well, my plan is that, as I mentioned to the public now, they used to hold 17 local governments. We have in this country constitutionally, 774 local governments. They used to hold 17. They are not technically holding any local government now, but they are indoctrinating young men and women, especially girls, wrap them up with explosives and let them explode it on soft targets, churches, mosques, market places, motor parks and other places.
CNN: Will military be able to stop this terror?
Of course, we are doing our best. And we thank foreign countries, Europe and United States for training our armed forces and going to the front to see how they are performing after their training.
CNN: One final question. This is a vibrant democracy, you came in, unseated the incumbent. Are you worried the same could happen to you?
No. Nobody will unseat me.