The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, yesterday declared that Nigerians would beg President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election for a second term of office in 2019.
Oba Gbadebo, who was Principal Staff Officer to late Major-General Tunde Idiagbon, the Chief of Staff at the Supreme Headquarters during Buhari’s stint as military head of state, urged critics of the president to exercise patience.
He spoke during a press conference heralding his 10th coronation anniversary held at the Ake Palace, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
The traditional ruler appealed to Nigerians, who are impatient about the current pace of the Buhari’s administration, to give the president more time to deliver dividends of democracy and fulfill his electoral promises.
According to him, Buhari is a deep person who is not given to frivolities but always meticulous about his activities.
He said, “General Buhari is a deep person. When a person is deep, it means he’s not given to frivolities. You can talk from morning till night, he would not smile, he would not say one word but he’s listening to everything you are saying.
“When a person is deep, he does not quickly make mistakes and run back again because that would mean he didn’t think well about that thing before he stepped out. You must think before you leap, not leap first and start thinking.
“So, I would plead with those who are impatient to please exercise patience. When they exercise patience with the new president, they would beg him to stay another four years.
I can assure you of that because he would have turned this place into a Nigeria of your dream.”Oba Gbadebo, who observed that resources available to the nation’s government have drastically gone down, expressed optimism that the Buhari administration would fix socio-economic challenges in the country.
He called on the Federal Government to upgrade the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, into a teaching hospital, stressing that “similar thing has happened in Benue State”.
While recounting his experience in the last 10 years, the monarch said his greatest test was his encounter with the former administration of ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel.
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