Obasanjo, who supported 75-year-old Buhari’s presidential bid in 2015 now says he need a well-deserved break and the country requires a younger leader.

Olusegun Obasanjo, who was Nigeria’s military ruler for three years in the seventies before becoming President from 1999 to 2007 made a similar call on  then President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 to step down.

Now he’s telling President Muhammadu Buhari his poor health disqualifies him from seeking a second term.

Buhari spent five months of last year in Britain on medical leave for an undisclosed ailment.

Nigerians are particularly sensitive to their chief executive’s  health after then President Umaru Yar Adua  died in office in 2010.

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