2019: I'll FIGHT Buhari - Sen. Ben Bruce Declares Presidential Ambition?

In a veiled manner, the Senator representing Bayelsa East senatorial district, Ben Murray-Bruce, has said he would fight President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.

In an interview with Peace Hyde on Forbes Africa Television programme, the business mogul said for now Buhari had his support but that in 2019, he would battle the President.

The founder of the Silverbird group stressed that until 2019 he would support Buhari to grow the economy.

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He said, “Buhari is the president today; he is my president. I must respect him regardless of what I feel.

“In 2019 we can fight but right now I want the economy to grow. If I take the position that I want to destroy APC and destroy Nigeria, will there be any Nigeria for me to fix in 2019?

“So it’s a dumb move to try to destroy your president or somebody you hate and destroy your country in the process. I’ll fight Buhari in 2019 but today he is my president; I will support him.”

Bruce called on the President to appoint Ministers will “common sense” to solve the challenges currently confronting the nation.

“A lot of people in government do dumb things. I’ve told successive presidents in this country to appoint a minister of common sense.

“The minister of common sense will not have a budget. All the minister would do is to think about Nigeria and find solutions to the problems of Nigeria without thinking about enriching himself,” he added.

PDP Senator Ben Bruce Silverbird Assets SEIZED

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, one of the celebrated critics of the Buhari administration, on Thursday lost a chain of his businesses to the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON). The businesses which assets were seized are Silverbird Galleria Limited, Silverbird Promotions Limited, and Silverbird Showtime Limited.

The companies which have grown to become entertainment hubs, are said to be owing AMCON a whopping sum of N11 billion. AMCON alleges that between 2005 and 2007, the said companies had borrowed various sums of money from Union Bank which they failed to service.

The assets are situated at 133 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, Plot No 1161 (Silverbird Galleria); Central Area Cadastral Zone AOO, Abuja; and Abonnema Wharf Road and Abali Park in Port Harcourt City of Rivers State.

The seizures were not unexpected as there had been an interim order granted by Justice Cecilia Olatoregun-Ishola of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on June 17 empowering a Receiver/Manager, Muiz Banire, a three-time Commissioner in Lagos State and National Legal Adviser of APC, to take possession of the said properties.

Ben Murray-Bruce is the second high-profile Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) corporate chieftain whose business had run into troubled waters and its assets seized by AMCON. Earlier in the week, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim of the Global Fleet fame lost a sizeable portion of his business empire also to AMCON over failure to redeem a N35.5 billion debt.

Ripples Nigeria