Jonathan Stole From General Babangida’s 1985 Speech To Campaign, Buhari Campaign Organisation Alleges Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of stealing major part of the maiden speech of General Ibrahim Babangida who overthrew Buhari in 1985 when he addressed party supporters in Lagos on Thursday. President Jonathan, Buhari campaign organization said: “spent valuable time reading copiously excerpts from the maiden speech of General Ibrahim Babangida who overthrew Buhari in 1985. “Nigerians do not expect a political commentary from President Jonathan of a nearly 30 year old speech delivered to the nation by IBB.” In a statement issued in Abuja today, the APC campaign organisation said that President has been double-speaking. It recalled that President Jonathan had earlier urged that parties and candidates dwell on issues agitating the minds of Nigerians and how these can be solved, and, in another breath, during his campaign outings in Enugu and Lagos, the President has been exactly the opposite. The statement which was signed by Mallam Garba Shehu, Director, Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign noted that at the PDP Lagos campaign flag-off and at Enugu, rather than the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria telling the people of Nigeria watching on television and those at the campaign venue what he has achieved and what he intends to do differently, the second-term seeking President Jonathan spent valuable time reading copiously excerpts from the maiden speech of General Ibrahim Babangida who overthrew Buhari in 1985. “What Nigerians expect to hear among others is what he has achieved in the last six years and why corruption still remains endemic and the economy in shambles.” The campaign organization asked if the passive speeches from President Jonathan were what the country needed to free the Chibok girls, strengthen the Naira, pay salaries of civil servants, stop the industrial stealing of crude oil or ensure the safety and security of Nigerians. The APC Campaign lamented that after six years of Jonathan administration, the nation is still gripped by pervasive insecurity, aggravated unemployment notably among the youths. “If the youths are so dear to him as the President has claimed, whatever happened to the tens of thousands who lined up for the Nigeria Immigration Services recruitment with several of them losing their lives over which no one has taken responsibility and the Minister is still at his job. Even the automatic employment promised to the injured and relations of the deceased still remain a mirage. “President Jonathan should be reminded that the February 14 presidential election is a referendum on his lacklustre leadership,” the statement said. According to the APC Campaign, General Buhari’s will re-enact zero tolerance for corruption, ensure leadership integrity and national discipline, values that are alien to the Jonathan’s administration. “Claims that General Buhari will jail the corrupt are utter falsehood. As President, Buhari will allow due process to prevail. “The decision of conviction and imprisonment will remain in exclusive preserve of the court. A president Buhari will not meddle in court decisions, he will abide by the constitution in all cases. He will not cut deals to see corrupt people walk out of prosecution. “In today’s visionless and rudderless and corruption-ridden Nigeria under Jonathan’s watch, the aforementioned issues and the transparent and honest way Muhammadu Buhari dealt with them in the past is what the Nigerian people yearn for and for which they want Buhari back in the saddle.” The APC Campaign reminded President Jonathan that no amount of anger and fear of losing office as exhibited by him in his campaign outings so far can reverse the tide of the impending change, whose time has come.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:45:20 +0000
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