Politics

Never again will Nigeria be governed by opportunists — Oshiomhole

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6 years ago

November 26, 2018

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress , Mr Adams Oshiomhole , on Sunday berated the Peoples Democratic Party and ex – President Olusegun Obasanjo , saying never again would Nigeria be ruled by opportunists .He said attempts being made by Obasanjo to impose a proxy president on the country in 2019 would never see the light of the day .

Oshiomhole , who spoke during a grand rally at Sani Abacha Stadium to welcome defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party and the Kwankwasiyya Movement to the APC, pointed out that without the support of Obasanjo , Nigerians would vote en -masse for President Buhari .

The chairman said the APC did not promise to reposition Nigeria in four years , stressing that what the PDP destroyed in 16 years could never be fixed in three and a half years

The APC national chairman said , ” Today , those who through a single telephone would make billions of Naira have regrouped when they ran to Port Harcourt . They have forgotten that what they destroyed in the last 16 years could not be fixed in just three and a half years . ”

“ Today , our opponents in the PDP are crying even before the elections proper . They wrote a letter of complaint to the United Nations I wonder who will carry the letter for them , forgetting that it was them , who introduced a do or die affair politics during Obasanjo ’ s tenure . Buhari is highly respected across the globe , so he is bigger than rigging the elections” .

“ Never again will this country be governed by opportunists , who have in the last 16 years wasted the nation’ s treasury . ”

In his remarks , a former Kano State Governor , Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau , expressed optimism that the APC would record a landslide victory in 2019 .

The state Governor , Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, stressed that nothing would stop the APC from getting five million votes for Buhari .

Earlier at the rally , Shekarau , said he and his supporters were happy to return to the APC , predicting that the general elections would be a total victory for the party .

He said , “ It is appropriate for me to say that it is a great day for me to address a mammoth crowd of supporters of the APC . I am happy that history is now repeating itself , noting that it would be recalled that sometime in 2014 , he dumped the party but now back to the party”

“ I have great honour today , , as we left the party in 2014 , with reasons , as we decided to step aside and now we have resolved to move back to APC” , he said .

“ To this end , Shakarau commended his supporters , who have all moved to APC along with him , adding that : “ I am now proud to be a member of APC and promise total commitment to the party .

“ Come 2019 , we would join all patriotic members of the party to work tirelessly for the victory of the party. ”

Earlier on the occasion, Ganduje, said with Shakarau joining the APC, it had hijacked more than half of the members of PDP .

He added that the APC was a great party , not only in Nigeria , but also in Africa , noting that the party would continue to wax stronger , because with the number of highly rated personalities joining the party, along with Mallam Shekarau , there was no more any cog on the path of the party to retain the power .