- President Muhammadu Buhari says he knew that the reported endorsement of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar by Ohanaeze Igbo socio-cultural group would not last
- The president says he is not surprised by the split within the group over the PDP candidate's reported endorsement
- President Buhari says any party can lead the country but not the PDP, adding that the party was so reckless with the resources of the country
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is not surprised by the split within the Ohanaeze Igbo socio-cultural group over its reported endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, said the president made the statement at a meeting with a select group of southeast leaders on Friday, November 16, at the State House, Abuja.
Legit.ng gathers that President Buhari said the moment the so-called resolution was announced, he got calls from well-meaning leaders from the region asking him to disregard it as it was without any substance.
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President Buhari said: “From that moment, I knew that the resolution would not stand, and alas, there it was.”
He said the All Progressives Congress (APC) got it right from the very beginning that the major problems facing the country were mainly on security, corruption and the economy.
President Buhari said: “We have done so much. Given the chance, we will do more. Given every chance, we will tell Nigerians where we were in 2015 and what we have achieved up to now.
“We will not get tired of speaking about the golden opportunity Nigeria lost during 16 years of the PDP. We earned money, which we didn’t use.
“The state of infrastructure we inherited was terrible – no roads, the railway was killed and power. They lacked conscience because anybody with conscience will not do what they did. We will report them to Nigerians. Let anybody lead this country but not the PDP. They were so reckless with the resources of the country.
“If you ruin the economy, send your children abroad to get education, won’t they come back? I said it 30 years ago that this is the only country we have. We must stay here and salvage it together.”
The leaders of the delegation, Engineer Emeka Ekwuosa and the national chairman of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, informed President Buhari that the Igbos and south-easterners generally understand the good things he is doing for Nigeria which they said, had unfortunately been misunderstood.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the All Progressives Congress (APC) faulted the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, by some Igbo leaders as an affront to the people of the southeast.
The party in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, on Thursday, November 15, said the Buhari administration had benefited Igbo people better when compared with the PDP’s 16 years in power.
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