Breaking: Middle Belt Forum Reveals ‘Only Thing’ That Can Make Nigerians Forgive Buhari

Breaking: Middle Belt Forum Reveals ‘Only Thing’ That Can Make Nigerians Forgive Buhari

  • Mixed reactions have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari's apology to Nigerians as he prepares to exit office on May 29, 2023
  • Ahead of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu's handover ceremony, Buhari on Friday, asked Nigerians who he might have hurt in his nearly eight-year misrule, to forgive him, but this didn't go down well with Nigerians
  • Reacting to the development, the Middle Belt Forum has maintained that Nigerians will only forgive Buhari if he corrects "the mistakes done by INEC and handover to the right people not crooks"

Nigerians have continued to react to the statement of President Muhammadu Buhari's plea for forgiveness, as he prepares to vacate office and handover power to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, May 29, 2023.

The Middle Belt Forum, (MBF), while reacting to the development, has revealed the ‘only thing’ that can make Nigerians forgive President Buhari.

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The Middle Belt Forum urged Buhari not to handover to crooks but to the right people. Photo credit: Muhammadu Buhari
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What can make Nigerians forgive Buhari, Middle Belt Forum reveals

The Forum noted that the only way Nigerians could forgive him is if he corrected the wrongs done by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), The SUN newspaper reported on Monday, April 24th.

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Speaking on the matter, the national president of MBF, Dr. Bitrus Pogu, said,

“If he wants us to forgive him, let him right the wrongs done by INEC so that we can have the right people in office and have the kind of Nigeria that we are looking for. He should not hand over to crooks but let him ensure that the right person comes into office.”

Tinubu’s inauguration: Buhari speaks on May 29 handover, sends strong message to president-elect

President Muhammadu Buhari insists he will welcome President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the State House on Monday, May 29, insisting that the handover date remains sacrosanct.

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Buhari gave the assurance while exchanging Eid greetings in a phone call to mark the end of Ramadan with Tinubu.

Both men thanked God for seeing the day and prayed for the stability and the well-being of the nation.

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In another report, the camp of the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, indicates he may return to the country on Monday (today), April 24th, to take charge of proceedings and give direction.

This is even as the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) prepares to meet with the former governor of Lagos to take a position regarding the next Senate President and House of Representatives Speaker, respectively.

The secretary of the APC presidential campaign council and a member of the House of Representatives, James Faleke, in a tweet on Sunday, April 23rd, confirmed the development.

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