President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is not interested in who becomes the next president of the country in 2023 when he leaves office.
Buhari stated this during an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday evening, noting that he might be eliminated if he discussed about his successor.
According to Buhari, the legacy and his record are important to him than who occupies the Aso Presidential Villa when his second term of office elapses next year May.
When asked of what comes to his mind when 2023, he said, “I’m not interested. It is not my problem. It is not my interest. I cannot say who succeeds me or talk about it. I may be eliminated if I mention it. I think it’s better I keep quiet.”
He promised to assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill only if the National Assembly removed the clause mandating political parties to conduct their election primaries directly. He had declined assent to the bill last month, saying it is undemocratic to constrain political parties to a mode of primary election, as provided in the bill. But, despite widespread clamour, he ruled out establishment of state police as solution to rising insecurity in the country, saying, “State police is not an option.”
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