The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate,
Muhammadu Buhari said it would be harsh to judge him against his record
as a military dictator in a democratic setting.
Speaking in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Buhari
affirmed that the Boko Haram insurgency would be ended by his
administration through blocking corruption and other leakages.
Reacting to the opinion that Nigerians were faced with the difficult
option of choosing between a failed president and a former military
dictator with a bad human rights record, Buhari begged to differ.
“All those things you mentioned were done under military
administration; if we did not suspend the constitution then, it would
have been difficult for us to operate under those circumstances. So I do
not think I should be judged as an individual for those things that
happened then.”
Buhari also welcomed the endorsement of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo, who still claims to be a member of the ruling People’s
Democratic Party (PDP). “Well it will certainly bring more supporters to
us and more confidence for those who were sitting on the fence because
General Obasanjo is highly respected and as far as the nation is
concerned, there is no issue that can be deliberated upon without people
seeking his opinion.”
Buhari also described the postponement of the general elections as a
disappointment. This is “because the presentation made by the INEC was
that they were ready to conduct the elections on the date chosen a year
ago. And for them to be forced virtually by the military that they
cannot guarantee the safety of their workers and shift it by six weeks.”
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