The race to occupy Aso Rock from May
29, 2015 has finally commenced with the big masquerade coming out to indicate
his interest. Former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday declared that
he would contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
Buhari said his decision to run is
because the PDP-led government from 1999 till date are purposeless and that there
appears not to be a government in place in Nigeria at present. He said:
“Today, we are in the 15th year of purposeless leadership by
the PDP and all we have seen is unprecedented deterioration in the security and
law and order situation, astronomical rise in the incidence and intensity of
corruption, and in the failure of governance.
“And as we reach this last lap of
the journey, I would like to request that we concentrate all our effort and
energy toward realising and achieving change in how this country is run.
“The only way to meaningful change
in this country is to vote the PDP out of power to which it was never
legitimately elected, anyway. The task before us today is wide ranging and very
great. The first and most important is to take away power from those who have
been misusing it.
“Indeed, except for the call of
patriotism, public-spiritedness and an abiding love for the people off this
country, nothing will today make honest, honourable and sane politician want to
be saddled with Nigeria and an economy in trouble and a society in even deeper
trouble – with its perilous security situation, with its extensive and almost
unmanageable corruption and with its pervasive lawlessness. And a government –
is there really a government? – that is not working.”
General Buhari, who disclosed this
in Abuja while addressing about 60 different groups urging him to run for the
Presidency, said he would make his declaration formal on October 8.
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