President Muhammadu Buhari has urged his supporters not to panic, saying his return to power in 2019 is non-negotiable.
He also described those seeking to unseat him in next year’s general
elections as enemies who stole from the nation blindly and should be
avoided.
He made the disclosure at the National Consultative Forum of the National Committee of Buhari Support Groups held in Abuja.
Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, cited
infrastructural development, fight against corruption, Treasury Single
Account and school feeding programme as some of the achievements that
have endeared him to the people.
He wondered why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he accused
of plundering the nation’s resources, would want to stage a return in
2019, especially after his own government has made the country “the best
economy” in Africa.
Prominent guests at the event included the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Lagos State Governor
Akinwumi Ambode, and Senators George Akume, Ayogu Eze and Abu Ibrahim.
Tinubu vowed that the APC would beat down the PDP, flaying what he
described as political prostitution by PDP’s presidential candidate,
Atiku Abubakar.
He also criticised Senate President Bukola Saraki for allegedly
riding on the ruling party’s mandate to give a lifeline to the
opposition.
Osinbajo’s campaign train stopped at the Nyanya and Karu areas of the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday for the commencement of a
door-to-door campaign.
Security operatives on his entourage had a herculean task controlling
the crowd as people struggled to catch a glimpse of the vice president
and shake his hands as he moved through the densely populated suburbs.
Osinbajo, at Nyanya, was received at the residence of Alhaji Kabiru
Ahmed. Addressing the crowd there, he said: “We are here to greet you
and we want to say to you that President Buhari is determined that if
you vote for him for this second term, we will all go higher; we will
all do better. Our country can feed all of us and we can find work for
everybody because we have the money.
“I want you all, everybody who is here, please, make sure that you
vote for President Buhari in 2019. As you know, he’s a truthful man;
he’s an honest man. Our money will be used for us; it will be used to
build our roads. Our money will be used properly. It will not be stolen.
So, let us vote for the man who will use our money well.”
He had a similar message for the people at a community square in
Karu. He said: “We are going higher, higher; we are going higher and
higher, and I am very happy to be here with you. I want you to believe
that President Muhammadu Buhari is going to do even better.”
Buhari, who is currently attending the UN Climate Change Conference,
COP24, pledged that his government would not rest until the remaining
Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014 have been released.
He renewed the commitment yesterday in Katowice, Poland, at a
bilateral meeting with Swiss President Alain Berset, on the margins of
the conference.
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