EXCLUSIVE: Obasanjo plotting Buhari's replacement ahead of 2019

- Almost two years after, Nigerians are increasingly becoming agitated over the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari

- Allegedly as a result, leaders of the north are already shopping for a replacement for the president in 2019

- Various sources revealed this to NAIJ.com as they believe that Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is already gunning for two former governors

The north is making moves to get an alternative to President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2019 general election, NAIJ.com has learnt from authoritative sources.

It was further learnt that as the hunt commences, former President Olusegun Obasanjo seems to have settled for between his two allies, former governors of Jigawa and Kano, Sule Lamido and Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Some northerners are said not to be happy with the Buhari administration

Sources privy to the political situations in the north told NAIJ.com in the afternoon of Monday, January 23, 2017 that 2019 was one of the issues discussed when former President Goodluck Jonathan visited Obasanjo on Friday, January 20.

According to one of the sources, Obasanjo, who is no longer happy with the current administration’s style of government, did not come out straight on his choice for 2019 at the meeting. However, his current ‘body language’ shows that he favours Lamido.

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Lamido, it was further revealed, has his eyes on the seat and has been mobilizing support ahead of the election. He is known to have said he would never leave the Peoples Democratic Party giving the impression that he would contest under the party platform.