Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari has assured that All progressives Congress (APC) would put an end to terrorism and kidnapping if the party is elected in the 2015 polls.
The 2011 defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Presidential candidate disclosed this yesterday in Benin City, where he charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remain an unbiased umpire.
He said APC is determined to secure the country, adding that the party is also determined to stop terrorism and kidnapping when it assumes power at the centre.
“The APC is fundamentally after two things. We are determined to stop terrorism, to stop abduction of people and make Nigeria work’’, he said.
Buhari challenged Nigerians, especially the voters to resist any form of rigging ahead of next Saturday’s Governorship election in Anambra and 2015 Presidential polls by the ruling party.
APC National leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Ahmed Bola Tinubu threatened that APC will not tolerate any attempts to manipulate Anambra elections.
He said though the ruling party may not want to surrender power easily to opposition, but APC which he noted are not daft would get it “in another manner in 2015’’.
He berated the federal government for reeling out annually, economic growth statistics which has resulted to job losses and unemployment.
Addressing the crowd of supporters, Edo state governor Adams Oshiomhole said, “The challenge is to focus on the economy”, and appreciate the role of security agencies for rising to the occasion, with a pledge to send unrepentant kidnappers to the gallows.
The governor who paid tribute to his late wife, Mrs. Clara Oshiomhole and victims of kidnapping, however berated the media for celebrating persons with questionable characters in society.
“One way to determine whether a leader has done well or not is to look around whether those who started with you at the beginning are still with you at the end’’, saying between November last year and November this year, the state government has paid to major contractors about N36 billion certificate generated from road construction, schools construction and hospital construction and we recognize that our allocation from Abuja is barely over four billion”.
The governor also declared that “every month we pay to contractors about N3.2 billion out of which 85% of the federal revenue is devoted to capital projects that people can see. Our market women who were in the past used during election and abandoned, we have empowered them by giving them cash to rebuild their markets”.
Source: People’s Daily
