I’ll end insurgency if elected President – Buhari

A former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari
(retd), has promised to fight insurgency and other forms of
insecurity in the country if elected President under the
platform of All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general
elections.
The pledge is coming amidst rising insurgency by the Boko
Haram Islamic sect in the North East and recent attack
on Kano Central Mosque
He also denied sharing money during his recent visit to
IMO State during his nationwide tour to meet APC
delegates.
The Head (Media, Publicity and ICT) in Buhari
Support Organization, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe stated
these in his weekly brief on “GMB meet the party
delegates nationwide tour” read to journalists on Friday
in Abuja.
“At no time all did GMB, all through this meet the
delegates tour, share money or lobby any delegate with
money. As we all know a leopard can never change its
spot. Friends and sympathizers may have privately
encouraged their colleague to attend the delegates meeting,
certainly not GMB directing or approving any monetary
exchange as being faultily being reported by some online
media”, he stated.
In his nationwide tour to meet delegates, Buhari had
visited Abia, Bayelsa, IMO, Delta, Cross River and
Rivers State where Governor Rotimi Amaechi described
him as a committed and focused leader whose watch word
is integrity which remains a strong ingredient of his
character make up that will never change.
Maduekwe said, “The summary of all the response and
the welcoming remarks by GMB at various state capitals
can be summarized. He made it clear that this country
must first be secured and efficiently and effectively
managed if our nation is to bounce back to normalcy for
our people to prosper. Leadership integrity must be the
focus watch word if we must salvage Nigeria once again.
“We recall that we fought a ferrous civil war without
borrowing a kobo but now despite budgeting well over 25
per cent of national annual budget to defence recently we
are borrowing $1 billion to prosecute insurgency, yet all
we keep hearing is the low morale of our fighting forces as
they melt before the ravaging ill trained insurgents.
“A situation were about 20 LGAs of this country are
under an alien flag can no longer be tolerated. APC is
ready to turn the tide to bring Nigeria back into the fold of
proud and respectable community of African nations. Our
watch word is: securing our nation, prospering our
people.
“One is worried to read about Nigerian soldiers giving
interview to foreign media on how under equipped they
are as they face the insurgency. Effort by the National
Assembly to conduct hearing on such sad development is
hushed down. Same as the NASS hearing on the subsidy
scam which till this date has remained a mystery to our
general public.”
Maduwke quoted Buhari as informing the delegates that
he has come to seek their consent and support to vote for
him at the forthcoming presidential primaries.
He also told them that “if as a party we fail to act
strongly to win the 2015 elections then PDP will not only
destroy Nigeria but the people living in it.”