Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential aspirant from the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that nothing would enable the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stay in power after Saturday’s presidential poll.
The former military ruler was speaking during a town hall meeting with political leaders, traditional rulers and religious leaders in Imo state.
Buhari said that the PDP has thrown the country into chaos, stating that the advice to vote the party out is not based on religion but patriotism by the people who are wanting the change.
“We are in trouble in this country; PDP cannot help us; let us vote them out; it is not about religion but patriotism; PDP has completely failed us. If you leave them for 20 years, they will still not perform.
“Nigeria is being ridiculed all over the world because of their bad governance; Igbo people know this because they are mobile all over the world; APC represents freedom of security and integrity; they know this; so, no amount of sentiment will bring PDP back to power,” the APC presidential candidate noted.
Rochas Okorocha, the Imo state governor, who also spoke at the meeting, raised concerns over supposed plans to rig the forthcoming presidential and other elections in the state by the PDP using security chiefs to execute their plans.He emphasized that after 16 years, the economy of the country is becoming worse by the day as a result of the bad administration of the ruling party, listing the declining oil sector and the devaluation of the naira as examples of the disgraceful governing style of the PDP.
He said: “PDP has transferred the state commissioner of police to another state; they have also transferred the former resident electoral commissioner and brought their brother from Cross River State; the state NYSC director has also been transferred and they brought somebody from Cross River; this is their plan to rig the election but I have declared myself the people’s General; nobody shall rig the election.”
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There are four days left to the general presidential election, which was postponed on February 7, 2015, by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
However, politicians are still defecting to other parties. It is rumoured that more APC members will defect to the PDP in the next few days, after nationwide consultations and discussions in the last couple of weeks.
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