APC presidential standard-bearer Bola Tinubu has suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari did not do enough to clear the “dirt” of corruption, kidnapping for ransom and other “rubbish” plaguing Nigeria since the party assumed power in 2015.

Describing himself as a vacuum cleaner, Mr Tinubu, a former Lagos governor and national leader of the ruling APC, stated that Mr Buhari tried to sweep Nigeria’s “dirt” (an allusion to many ills bedevilling Africa’s most populous nation, particularly corruption at high places and widespread insecurity).

In the build-up to the 2015 presidential poll, the APC promised to sweep out corruption and insecurity, but Mr Tinubu said, “All of us, as Nigerians, we’ve seen leaders. Some of you were not born when those leaders came. But new leaders came from 2013 to 2014; in 2015, (they) swept the dirt. But the dirt is still left on the ground. We need to sweep more. Then, I applied to be a vacuum cleaner so we can clean the dirt.”

Mr Tinubu stated this at a rally, with Mr Buhari present, in Sokoto on Thursday.

“We thank God and Aliu Wamako for making Sokoto APC. We thank President Buhari. Sai Buhari! We thank them. We promise we will work hard. We will eliminate corruption,” added the APC presidential candidate. “We will drive away madness called kidnappers. We will do hard work, clean Nigeria of rubbish.”

Mr Tinubu, since he began his campaign, has condemned some of Mr Buhari’s policies, especially the naira redesign policy, with his political ally Governor Nasir El-Rufai vowing that if elected, Mr Tinubu would reverse some decisions regarding the policy.

alanto:
Tinubu have told you that what inspire corruption the most is lack of credit in the country... Imagine someone earning 100k as salary. How how long is he going to have to work to build a house and buy a car, in the developed worlds they live on credit... If you lose your job for 4 months you can lose your car and your house if it's on mortgage but as long as you wake up and go to work, you can get a new phone, buy a new car and also buy a house on credit... He said he will improve the credit system to fight corruption especially amongst the civil servants... Because they must pay for lands in cash, buy bricks and cements with cash and pay workers in cash to own a house, they must also pay for their favorite car in cash if they want to own it so it becomes necessary for them to learn how to steal so they can have something before they retire.

How does this contrast Buhari corruption fighting tactics?

I believe Tinubu's idea of fighting corruption is a brilliant one but this gazelle gagaraga and sahara deserter sowore no get sense with their junk journalism, they only have like one fake news in two weeks and no other news in between

bamideo:
That is the Nigeria's number 1 problem no candidate is telling us their plans except jab throwing. Yet people are hailing them.

4 years later they will tell you snake swallowed 100million and you you come to social media and wail