President Buhari Intends to Recycle List America Gave OBJ-Dr. Agoro


The Presidential  candidate of the National Action Council, Dr. Olapade Agoro has declared that the list of prominent Nigerians placed on travel ban by the present administration was the was the same as that  the United States of America gave  Chief(Dr.)Olusegun Obasanjo during his first term as President.

Dr. Agoro made this declaration in a chat with Federationews2day.

He also called on President  Muhammadu Buhari to bar those on the watch list from contesting for elective positions in the 2019 general elections.
''Nigerians  are dead heads, when it comes to news coverage. You discover that Nigerians make noise out of nothing. If President Muahmmadu Buhari is bold, if President Muhammdu Buhari is  courageous, he should order that those on the list shouldb be barred from contesting for the general elections, they should be barred by INEC.''

''The United States of America(USA) gave President Olusegun Obasanjo the list during his first term as President. The list had big names. The list vanished from his table. The US sent another list.  President Buhari is making noise out of nothing. The list America gave Nigeria during Chief Obasano's tenure is what they have being recycling. And nobody has taken any firm decision. Those on the list have been travelling. The President should say that anyone indicted for corruption should be prevented from contesting elections. Anyone having a corruption case should be barred from the electoral process until such a person obtains clearance'', he opined.

Dr. Agoro opined that there were more qualified Nigerians to lead the country aside from the incumbent President and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
''I don't see the two names as anybody, I don't see President Buhari and Alhaji Abubakar as people we should be rejoicing over in the polity, there are better names, there are better people'', he concluded.

Solomon Adewunmi is the Editor-in-Chief of New Federation (news2day.emyspot.com), People(2day.emyspot.com) and Federationewsday(one.emyspot.com) He attended Ajeromi Ifelodun High School, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos and the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos. He possesses - * BBC/EC CERTIFICATE IN NEWS JOURNALISM (FEB. 2001) * CERTIFICATE IN ARTS AND CULTURE CRITICISM (NANTAP MAY 2001) * CERTIFICATE IN PEACE JOURNALISM (JUSTICE, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE COMMISSION) *CERTIFICATE IN CONFLICT ANALYSIS[UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAMME, OCT.2004] *CERTIFICATE IN INTERFAITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION( UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE, JAN. 2009).

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