Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has described as a “misquote” a reminder that President Muhammadu Buhari had pledged to serve for only one term, with a promise to never seek re-election.
President Buhari, 75, had on Monday shortly before he left for London, declared his intention to run for presidential election in 2019.
Adesina, who is the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity and currently on the President’s entourage to London, was reacting to a contributor on a television programme via Skype on Tuesday.
Yemi Akinbode, who called in to contribute to the programme, said he was not surprised by the President’s declaration despite his pledge in 2014 not to seek re-election.
Akinbode said: “It didn’t come as a surprise to me. We have seen indications that the President was going to run a long time ago.
“The President in 2014 said that he was only…
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