The Presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday
denied a newspaper’ s report (not The Punch) that he would subject the
military and other arms of government to probe, if elected as president
in the February 14 election.
Buhari, made the clarification through a
statement signed by Garba Shehu of the Directorate of Media and
Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Organisation.
The retired general, however, said his
administration would decisively deal with all cases of impunity and
corruption without minding whose ox would be gored.
The statement further reiterated Buhari’s
stance that “when elected into office in February, the era of impunity
will be over for the rogues. But there is no time for engaging in
probes or a witch-hunt.”
It also quoted Buhari as saying that he was passionately concerned about the conditions of the armed forces at the moment.
Buhari, according to the statement,
lamented that despite the huge budgetary allocations, the country had
failed to effectively deal with manifest security threats including the
Boko Haram challenge.
The statement read in part, “What he
(Buhari), said at every given opportunity is that he is keenly
interested in knowing what has gone wrong, if any with the Army that he
knew. When he has access to them as the Commander-in-Chief, he (Buhari)
will like to hear from his commanders what are the problems they are
dealing with so that they can be solved.
“In a democracy such as ours, all
institutions of government, including the armed forces, are accountable.
No country can achieve results in its counter-terrorism efforts when
there is no transparency in the management of huge resources for the
purpose.”
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