First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to be more accommodating and liberal in his next administration.
The 90-year-old Amechi made this known while reacting to the outcome of the February 23 presidential election.
The elder statesman said that only a more forgiving and less rigid attitude from the president could ensure the success of his second term.
Meanwhile, Amechi has advised the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, not to bother going to court to challenge his electoral loss.
He said that while Atiku might have a good reason to head to court, the present “reorganised judiciary” would conspire to frustate his case.
The elder statesman, who spoke in an interview published by Sunday Sun, said:
I am now talking as a father because whether Nigeria likes it or not, God has made me the political father of the country. There is none older than me in the politics of Nigeria today. And so, my advice would to the two principal actors now. Buhari has won the election. And my advice to him is he should relax his rigidity in his next administration. He should strive to be more accommodating, forgiving, liberal and more Nigerian. And on the other hand, I’ll advise Atiku. He may have a very good case, and I think he has a very good case to head to court for his mandate. But I don’t see him succeeding. Not with the present reorganised judiciary. I don’t see him succeeding, and so if I were to advise him, I’ll tell him not to bother and allow things to be as they are. He shouldn’t go into litigation because even if justice is on his side, would he get that justice at the court? The judiciary has been terribly intimidated, muzzled and reorganised. So, why waste his money and time and energy.
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