BEVERLY HILLS, January 6, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari will allow a free and a fair process to produce his successor in 2023 at the end of his second term and will not allow looters circumvent the electoral process in a bid to buy the presidency, his spokesman, Femi Adesina said Monday during an appearance on Channels TV.
Adesina was responding to a question on whether the President would anoint a successor to continue his programmes.
The spokesman said although the President, who is of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will be very interested in who succeeds him, he will not bend the rules or manipulate the electoral process.
“The president will not pick a successor. Will he be interested in the process? Yes he will.
“He will ensure that there is a free, fair and credible election; that nobody will come to use money and resources to bamboozle his way into the leadership of the country.
“It will not happen. The President will ensure free, fair and credible process but to hand pick a successor? No, he will not do that.
“The President will ensure that Nigeria is in safe hands. There is no point having worked, having made gains, having made advances since 2015-2023, to hand Nigeria over to those who will take her back or hand Nigeria over to looters once again or you allow looters to allow stolen funds to work for them to seize power. No, that will not happen.
“The President will be interested that much in who succeeds him but he is not going to impose anybody.
“Rather, he is going to create a free and fair process and Nigerians are then going to determine who the next president should be” Buhari’s spokesman said.
