2015 Presidential bid: Falana Criticises Buhari for taking N27.5m loan Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has criticised the All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for obtaining a loan of N27.5m to procure his party’s expression of interest and nomination form for the 2015 presidential election. He made his displeasure known Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while speaking at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Paramount FM Chapel Press Week. He noted that the action of the former head of state was indefensible; describing it as monetisation of politics. He said, “It is indefensible for Gen. Buhari to have obtained a loan facility of N27.5m just to obtain a form of intent to contest in the presidential election in 2015 under the All Progressives Congress. “Is he going to obtain another loan during his campaign, because in Nigeria, it costs billions of naira to run a presidential campaign?” Falana, who was the guest lecturer at the event, spoke on the topic: ‘Current Security Challenges: Implication for 2015 Elections’. Speaking on the coverage of the 2015 election, Falana advised journalists not to give undue advantage to any candidate, but should give all of them equal coverage, devoid of ethnic or religious bias while calling on journalists to avoid phony politicians who would want to play to the gallery, but should focus on issues. -see more at: .peoplemonthlylive/story/1180/nkem
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 09:25:13 +0000
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