However, his campaign received a major boost with the reconciliation with his boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo  who had described Buhari's administration as a failed government.
Hata hivyo kampeni zake zimepata kuungwa mkono baada ya kupatanishwa na bosi wake, Rais wa zamani Olusegun Obasanjo  ambaye ameuelezea uongozi wa Buhari kama serikali iliyoshindwa.