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Nigeria in trouble if PDP wins again — Buhari
Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, (retd.), on Saturday warned that Nigeria would be in trouble if the Peoples Democratic Party wins the 2015 elections. Buhari gave the warning while addressing a campaign rally at the Michael Okpara Square in Enugu. He told the gathering that it would be a mistake if they failed vote out the PDP. “If you make a mistake to allow PDP to rule again for the next four years we will all be in trouble,” Buhari said. He stressed the need for people to collect their permanent voter cards in order to ensure that the PDP was voted out. “What we need from you is to make sure that you get your PVCs,” he said. Buhari also said, “If Nigeria doesn’t kill corruption, corruption will kill Nigeria.” Promising to invest in agriculture, industries and security, the APC presidential candidate distanced the Islamic religion from the activities of the Boko Haram sect. According to him, the insurgency in parts of the North is a case of anarchy and terrorism. He said, “For anybody to go and kill people in churches, in mosques, in motor parks and shout ‘Allah’, he is saying what he doesn’t believe, it is not religion, it is just anarchy, it is just terrorism.” Buhari promised to restart the coal industry in Enugu and also ensure regular power supply in the country, promising that coal resources in the state would be harnessed for power generation. Earlier, the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, had given the assurance that Buhari would stabilise the country, if also voted into office. Okorocha, however, urged Buhari to give the South-East one more state, and also fund the construction of the second Niger Bridge from the federal budget, instead of the current public/private partnership arrangement. Other projects which Okorocha asked Buhari to execute in the South-East included the upgrading of the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, to an international status, and the construction of the Onitsha-Enugu, and Aba-Ikot Ekpene roads. The National Chairman of the APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, urged the Igbo to vote for the APC, noting that they (Igbos) supported the PDP for 16 years without anything to show for it. A former Anambra State governor, Senator Chris Ngige, in an address at the event, said, “Buhari will make sure nobody takes the money that belongs to the people and puts it in his pocket.” The chairman of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, reminded the gathering that President Goodluck Jonathan is not an Igbo man. The governorship candidate of the APC in Enugu State, Okey Ezea, was presented with the party’s flag at the event, which attracted a large turnout. Ezea promised to provide free education and free heath care services to the people of the state, if he becomes the governor after the elections.