Last year, Obasanjo had advised Buhari not to seek re-election as president but to "consider a deserved rest at this point in time and at this age".
A shekarar bara, Obasanjo ya ba wa Buhari shawarar kar ya nemi ƙarin zango a matsayin shugaban ƙasa, sai dai ya "ya duba yiwuwar hutawa a wannan lokaci da kuma waɗannan shekaru".