Let your Presidency be like the Abiola’s Presidency and Nigeria will be better — Sen Sani tells Buhari

Senator Shehu Sani 

Shehu Sani, the Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th national assembly, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to emulate late MKO Abiola whom he cherished to make Nigeria better.

The former lawmaker, in a post on his verified twitter handle on Thursday said if President Buhari will let his presidency be like the Abiola’s Presidency, all the religious and tribal tension across the country will drastically reduce and the country will progress.



President Buhari had said that Nigeria would have been better if late MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election was allowed to rule.

He described him as a “bridge builder” who could have prevented the religious and tribal issues besetting the country from happening.

“If MKO Abiola was allowed to rule, the religious and tribal issues now in Nigeria would not have been as strong, because he ran on a Muslim-Muslim ticket, chose his deputy from the Kanuri, a minority tribe and because of his personality, he went across Nigeria and was accepted,” Buhari said.

“He used his resources and energy to convince Nigerians that all he wanted was a solid Nigeria and nothing else.”

Dear Baba,let your Presidency be like the “Abiola’s Presidency” you so much cherished,so that our “religious and tribal tension” can be lowered to the bearing capacity of our national pillars and beams.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) July 31, 2019

But reacting Sani said "Dear Baba, let your Presidency be like the “Abiola’s Presidency” you so much cherished, so that our “religious and tribal tension” can be lowered to the bearing capacity of our national pillars and beams.