The dinner was to serve as a precursor to other dress rehearsals that will culminate in his final decision on the 2019 presidency. The third in the series of the dress rehearsals prelude to 2019 was orchestrated by Buhari himself: the January 18 dinner. To do so against Buhari, who is a power monger, would amount to committing political hara-kiri within the APC. Former vice president Atiku Abubakar, who is interested in contesting in 2019, was wise to resign from the party. Consider the impunity of the continued detention of former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2018 04:07 UTC