President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday vowed to
recover $16bn allegedly wasted in the power sector
by the government of the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) under the administration of former President
Olusegun Obasanjo.
“Where is the power? Where is the money?” The
President queried saying his administration would
go after persons involved in the power deal to
recover the money to continue with the ongoing
development of infrastructures across the country.
Buhari spoke at the Oxbow Lake Pavilion, Yenagoa,
Bayelsa State, where mammoth crowd of party
faithful gathered for his reelection campaign in the
state.
Party faithful comprising men, women and youths
adorned in APC vests and fez caps were seen
drumming support for Buhari and chanting Sai
Baba.
The APC presidential candidate with his entourage
landed at the Government House heliport and was
received by the state Governor, Seriake Dickson, his
Deputy, John Jonah, the Commissioner for
Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson
and other cabinet members.
Buhari was also welcomed to the state by the state
leader of APC and former Governor of Bayelsa, Chief
Timipre Sylva; the Minister of State for Agriculture,
Heineken Lokpobiri, the state Chairman of APC,
Jothan Amos and other party leaders.
Buhari and his team comprising his Campaign
Director and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi
Amaechi and some members of the National
Working Committee (NWC) proceeded to the
Secretariat of the state Traditional Rulers Council
where the candidate spoke to the council headed by
the King of Twon Brass, Alfred Diette Spiff.
The President was giving an Ijaw name, Ebiwari
(good house) by the state Chairman of the party,
Jothan Amos, who referred to as a symbol of truth
to the admiration of the crowd.
But the President insisted that persons who were
involved in squandering the whooping power money
would not go scot free.
“You know we are building roads; the railway was
virtually killed we are rebuilding it and there was no
power, we are bringing power back. The previous
government mentioned on their own that they spent
16bn American Dollars for power. But you are better
witnessed than myself. Where is the power? Where
is the money? We will follow them and eventually
God willing we will get them and we will get our
money back,” he said.
The President insisted that the APC administration
would continue to take seriously the problems of
security, economy, infrastructures and fight against
corruption.
He said: “We are also promising that we will make
people who occupy executive positions both in
federal and state levels to be accountable to the
people. If you could recall when I came in 2015
under our great party, the party articulated three
issues which we campaign and were voted on.
“These are security, economy and fighting
corruption. On security, the people of the Northeast
are the biggest witnesses of what we achieved
because when we came, at least 17 local
governments were under Boko Haram. As I speak
now none is under them. But they resorted to train
the young men and women wrap them up with
explosives and ask them to explode it in churches,
mosques, market places and in motor parks. That
is even rare now.
“On economy, when we came in we had very high
importation of food stocks. We thank God that in
the three previous raining seasons we realised
bountiful harvest. The government contribution was
to make fertilizer and other agricultural inputs
available. That took away many able-bodied
persons out of unemployment.
“On fighting corruption, under this system it is very
difficult. But I keep mentioning wherever I go that
all those who have account to give should prepare
to account for it. Those that are indicted were taken
before the court and a number of them are in jail
and a number of their properties had been taken
away to be sold and put in the treasury and
continue with infrastructure”.
The President praised the efforts of the party
leaders saying the APC was stronger and that its
strength would be tested in the forthcoming
elections.
On his part, Sylva said the APC remained the
stronger party in the state and thanked the
President for assisting in payment of workers’
salaries through bailouts.
Sylva said the Ijaw people could be forgiven the
last time for not voting President Buhari because
their son contested the election against him; they
had no more reason not to vote for him in the
coming election.
He further accused the state government of
spending N120bn to build an airport in the state
without disclosing the identity of the contractor.
Addressing Buhari on why the people of the state
would vote for him, he said: “Mr. President you
have also commenced and almost completed a
major road in Bayelsa state connecting the
community of the former President. You have also
commissioned a major water project in Bayelsa,
one in Otuoke and another one in Ekeremor, which
was done from the Ministry of Agriculture.
“Bayelsa has many reasons why they should vote
for you again. I always say this to Bayelsans, it is
as clear as crystal, visible to the blind and audible
to the deaf that Mr. President is winning again. I
tell my people that apart from the fact that Mr.
President has done a lot, we must also vote for Mr.
President because that is the winning team.
“Our father Melford Okilo taught us that our alliance
with northern Nigeria must be sustained. And for us
as Ijaw people, that is what we have always known
for. Let us not make any mistake. I learnt that
some people came here to deceive Bayelsans, but
we know them for whom they are. We call them
‘People Deceive People’.
“For Ijaw land to grow, we need a forthright
President like President Buhari. Izon means truth
and it is our name as a people. We also know that
the name Muhammadu Buhar stands for truth.
Buhari is a truthful person so he is our natural
alliance. That is why we must all vote for President
Buhari.
“He has brought many things to Ijaw land. I stand
here as a son of Ijaw land, as a former governor
and as a chairman of the Maritime University, which
is also a school that was instituted by the
President. Ijaw people have no reason not to vote
for the President. This time we must vote
enmasse”.
On his part, Lokpobiri asked the President to ensure
a level-playing filed in Bayelsa to enable the APC
prove its worth in the state accusing the state
government of squandering N1.3trn that accrued to
the state for seven years.
He said: “I have the mandate of the Bayelsa people
to tell you that Bayelsa doesn’t want to be left of
this moving train and winning movement. Right
from the days of Melfford Okilo Bayelsans have
always known the party that would win. This time
around, Bayelsans have already seen that your
reelection had already been concluded.
“The only request we want is for a level-playing
field to be provided for Bayelsans to show you that
they love you. This state in the past seven years
has received N1.3trn. This is excluding local
government allocations, bailout funds and loans that
run into hundreds of billions of naira.
“But Bayelsa is still one of the least developed
states in the country. Bayelsa is still one of the
darkest states in the country. Bayelsa civil servants
have suffered the highest level of retrenchment in
this country”.
He asked the President to bring his anti-corruption
drive to Bayelsa and make the state government
account for the money it received without
commensurate development

Obj by now.

This man and lies!! Why didn't he do that since last year when he started this jamboree accusation calculated to titillate his supporters?

Idiotic vow


You had 4 years without a show

The more Reason OBJ will keep hating...
Next Level is war against old looters... Beware...

Then he has only few months left to do that, as he wont be in power after may.