Elder statesman and National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Chief Olu Falae says Nigerians will unite to vote out President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.

Falae stated this on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library  in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

He maintained that the President Buhari administration had failed Nigerians in the area of security and reviving the economy, stressing that Nigerians needed a change from the hardship they are experiencing in the hands of the present administration.

His words: “I am here to visit Papa Obasanjo, former Head of Military Government and former President of Nigeria and who was my boss when I was Permanent Secretary at the Presidency. I have to come to see him about the affairs of Nigeria.

“The affairs of Nigeria are greater than the political ambition of anybody. So, I am here to exchange views with Baba Obasanjo on the affairs of Nigeria.

“Once upon a time between 1977 and 1979, I worked with him. He was the military Head of State and I was Permanent Secretary working with him. And we did many things in those days to advance the course of Nigeria and the way things are in Nigeria.

“I think I should come back to see him, to exchange views with him to see whether we can make any contribution towards the elimination of the threat that we are now facing.

He stated that there was need for Nigerians to unite and work together towards ensuring a good, beneficial, peaceful and progressive change in Nigeria.

He added: “A change from the rots that are all over the place because of frustration and loss of hope. A change from the present situation of depression, failure and a revival of the economy of Nigeria.

“You know and I know that the present government has not done well. The primary responsibility of government is to protect the lives of its citizens. This government is not doing so.

“People continue to be killed and slaughtered every right. Any government that cannot stop that has failed. President Buhari is my friend. Once upon a time you will recall that I raised his hand at Adamasingba Stadium in Ibadan, asking people to vote him because he said he will restructure Nigeria. So it is not a personal matter.

“The truth of the matter is that he has not done well and I was hoping that he himself will look at the situation as a very honest and right thinking person and do us a favour by saying that, in the light of what has happened and given the state of affairs, he is not going to contest. That’s what I thought he would do but he didn’t do so.

“What I am taking away from here is a confirmation of the fact that most Nigerians are united in wanting a change for the better. In doing whatever is possible to ease out President Buhari for his own sake and the sake of Nigeria.”

Also at the meeting which lasted for about two and half hours were two governorship aspirants in Ogun State, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka and Mr. Sina Kawonise among others.