I'll Kill Corruption In Nigeria - Buhari

Amaechi, APC, Buhari

L-R: Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Chief John Oyegun, General Muhammadu Buhari

*says FG has expended $60bn on electricity in 16 Years

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L-R: Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Chief John Oyegun, General Muhammadu Buhari
L-R: Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Chief John Oyegun, General Muhammadu Buhari

General Muhammadu Buhari,(rtd) presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has restated his commitment to wage war on corruption and kill it if voted as Nigeria’s next president.

He warned that if corruption is not kicked out of Nigeria the danger will kill Nigeria.

Buhari made this declaration during a South-South zonal presidential rally held at the Liberation Stadium, Elekahia in Port Harcourt on Thursday. He also said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led federal government and most of its controlled states have been fraught with ‘monumental corruption’ in the past 16 years.

The stunted state Nigeria has found itself economically is due to corruption, he stated. which has permeated into virtually into all spheres of the country.

“The issue before us is very clear indeed. Please sit in your home, or in small groups, and ask yourselves these questions: How much was accrued to Nigeria in the past 16 years that the PDP has controlled the federal government?

“How much of these funds have trickled down to you as a Nigerian? Whatever answers you arrive at should determine what party and candidate that you will vote for on April 11.

“We should not personalize this issue. It is not about Buhari; it is about us; it is about you and me; it is about our children and the future of our children. My fear is that if we don’t kill corruption in Nigeria, corruption will kill us. So, the choice before us is to resolve to kill corruption and free our country from the firm grip of corrupt men and women.

“If those in the PDP who have been in control of our resources at the centre and in most states of the country have been responsive and responsible, there would not have so much insecurity and poverty in the country today.

“If for whatever reason, you make a mistake and vote for the PDP at the centre or even in any state, I assure you, you are going to regret it,” he said.

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He cautioned that if the PDP is voted in again to control the centre it would mean giving pass mark to more unemployment, poverty and insecurity across the country.

He assured that if elected as president on March 28, he would tackle corruption headlong. “We will use the monies realized by preventing corruption to encourage industrialization of the country, thereby, creating jobs and wealth”.

Buhari posited that corruption has hampered growth of the oil industry and energy sector, saying, “In 16 years, the PDP controlled federal government has spent over $60 billion in the energy sector, yet we still can’t generate up to 4,000 mega watts of electricity in the country.

“If you reflect pensively, you will agree that corruption has taken Nigeria backwards.

“Make sure you vote and that your votes are counted. If you make the mistake of voting for the PDP, Nigeria will be physically, materially and morally worst for it. God Forbid! Let us join hands to kill corruption in Nigeria before corruption kills us. It is a duty that we owe ourselves and our country”.

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state who doubles as Director General of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, said the PDP was against the use of Card Readers that has been introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to verify and authenticate genuine voters, “because it will minimize rigging, and the PDP don’t want to hear that.

“The Card Reader is like purge to the PDP. Even PDP leaders including their governors don’t want INEC to use the Card Readers on the day of election. Money was budgeted for the Card Readers and now that Nigeria has paid for them, then it is only appropriate that INEC use the Card Readers to conduct the March 28 and April 11 elections.

“In the South-South and the South-East, we don’t vote during elections, we write election results. But this time, we must vote. In 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan got 1.8 million votes from Rivers State. Let him come and take it in 2015.

“You know I was formally in the PDP, but this is the first time I have seen fear in the eyes of PDP leaders,” he said.

The Governor insisted that if voted into power, Buhari will continue with the amnesty programme for ex-militants in the Niger Delta, but with some modification.

“We (APC) will add what is not there for now. We will take away the arms with which some prominent politicians have re-armed some of the militants and give them something to do. We will create jobs for them. The amnesty programme will be transformed into a welfarist programme,” Amaechi said.

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