INDICATIONS have emerged that prominent Northern leaders and elders who
had initially declared support for the candidacy of General Muhammadu
Buhari in the February elections have started reconsidering their
position, following alarms that the general might be suffering a serious
health challenge.
Online channels had last week indicated that
Buhari collapsed during the presidential campaign rally of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Calabar, Cross River State.
Though
the party had denied the report, it was learnt that the development had
immediately prompted meetings among top hierarchy of the Northern
political establishment to review the Buhari situation.
Sources
in the polity had told Sunday Tribune that the North is becoming wary of
a possible repeat of the situation it found itself following the death
of President Umaru Yar’Adua in office in May 2010, some three years into
his tenure, following a debilitating sickness.
The illness had
surfaced during the 2007 presidential campaign, leading to rumours of
Yar’Adua’s death, but he bounced back on the campaign train and won the
election.
“The North is beginning to rethink the promised support
for Buhari in view of reports that he is suffering from a certain
ailment which is believed to be wearing him down. There are also reports
that the elders are pushing to cut a deal with Jonathan to complete his
tenure in 2019 but extract a promise that power would be returned to
the North via a younger and energetic Northerner,” a source said.
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