A former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has promised
to end insurgency and other forms of insecurity in the country, if elected
President under the platform of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015
general elections.
The pledge is coming amidst rising insurgency by the Boko Haram Islamic
sect in the North-East and especially the Friday’s attack on Kano Central
Mosque
He also denied sharing money to delegates during his recent visit to Imo
State during his nationwide tour to meet the APC delegates.
The Head (Media, Publicity and ICT) in Buhari Support Organisation, Dr.
Chidia Maduekwe, stated this in his weekly brief on “GMB meet the party
delegates nationwide tour,” read to journalists on Friday in Abuja.
“At no time did GMB, all through this meet the delegates tour, share
money or lobby any delegate with money. As we all know, a leopard can never
change its spot. Friends and sympathisers may have privately encouraged their
colleagues to attend the delegates’ meeting, certainly not GMB directing or
approving any monetary exchange, as being falsely reported by some online
media,” he stated.
In his nationwide tour to meet delegates, Buhari had visited Abia,
Bayelsa, Imo, Delta, Cross River and Rivers states, where Governor Rotimi
Amaechi described him as a committed and focused leader whose watchword was
integrity.
Maduekwe said, “The summary of all the response and the welcoming
remarks by GMB at various state capitals can be summarised. He made it clear
that this country must first be secured and efficiently and effectively managed
if our nation is to bounce back to normalcy for our people to prosper.
Leadership integrity must be the focused watchword if we must salvage Nigeria
once again.
“We recall that we fought a civil war without borrowing a kobo. But now,
despite budgeting well over 25 per cent of the national annual budget to
defence, we are borrowing $1bn to prosecute insurgency. Yet, all we keep
hearing is the low morale of our fighting forces as they melt before the
rampaging ill-trained insurgents.
“A situation where about 20 LGAs of this country are under an alien flag
can no longer be tolerated. APC is ready to turn the tide to bring Nigeria back
into the fold of proud and respectable community of African nations. Our
watch-word is: Securing our nation, prospering our people.”
He added, “One is worried to read about Nigerian soldiers giving
interview to foreign media on how under-equipped they are as they face the
insurgency. Effort by the National Assembly to conduct hearing on such sad
development is hushed down. Same as the NASS hearing on the subsidy scam which
till this date has remained a mystery to our general public.”
Buhari has also asked Nigerians to make sure their votes count during
the 2015 general elections.
Buhari spoke at a reception organised for him at the APC secretariat in
Enugu State on Saturday evening, where he observed that soldiers engaged in the
campaign against terrorism and insurgency had complained of inadequate weapons,
despite the huge security budget, as well as lack of effective leadership.
“Vote and make sure that your votes count,” Buhari told the gathering,
including leaders and members of the APC state chapter as well as national
delegates from the state.
He urged eligible voters to obtain the permanent voter card, which he
described as the “ammunition” to rout the Peoples Democratic Party during the
election.
The presidential aspirant noted that there was no point in asking the
people to come out to meet him if they did not have voter cards.
Stressing the need to vote out the PDP in the coming polls, Buhari said
2015 would be a very crucial year for Nigeria.
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Hmmm! They swore to make Nigeria ungovernable in 2011 and now they will insurgency when elected in 2015, no wahala I dey read the body language too. A vote will definitely make a difference.
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