Former Vice-President Atiku
Abubakar says if he wins the 2019 election, he will investigate the arms
procurement of the current administration.
Speaking in an interview with BBC
Hausa on Saturday, Abubakar said it is taking too long to defeat the Boko Haram
insurgents.
“Eight years after, Nigerian
government is still fighting Boko Haram that are not professionally trained,”
he said.
“I want to be the president of
Nigeria because I would be able to do things I could not do as vice president.
I will investigate how the government was unable to defeat Boko Haram for
years. I will also investigate the procurement of arms bought by this
administration.”
He also vowed to tackle
corruption, accusing the government of Buhari of protecting some persons who
ought to be prosecuted.
“If Nigerians can recall, we
initiated the Economic and Financial (Crimes) Commission (EFCC). I’m the person
that sourced for the takeoff funds for the EFCC,” he said.
“In this administration, there
are people who are untouchable, they are doing things that are not in order but
they are being shielded by the government. If elected Nigeria’s president, my
administration will not spare anybody. When I was in power, none of my
relatives or friends was found wanting.”
He said before he left the All
Progressives Congress (APC), he warned Buhari that he would quit if the party
was not restructured.
Abubakar resigned his membership
of the ruling party in November and returned to the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) where he served as the nation’s number two citizen for eight years.
He said after the 2015 election,
he met Buhari and advised him on the running of his government but that the
president failed to heed his warning or implement his advice.
“The APC started on a wrong
footing after President Buhari assumed office,” Abubakar said.
“After 2015 general election, I
met the president and told him the activities of the party had been crippled
and there was a need for restructuring.
“Also, the way the government was
being run; I made my suggestions but it seemed they were deemed not important
to them. I said to him, if things continued like this, I will quit but Buhari
ignored it.”
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But sir,you are not going to be Nigerian president.
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