Ahead of the 2019 elections,
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will give the opposition party opportunities
he never had in the past.
Buhari said this when he received
a delegation from the US’ International Republican and National Democratic
Institute at the presidential villa on Monday.
He promised to ensure a level
playing field for all contestants into various political offices in the 2019
elections.
Buhari said he knows what it
feels to be cheated, having contested the presidential election three times
before he won in 2015.
According to him, the practice
before the 2015 elections was to award votes and tell who was dissatisfied to
seek redress in court.
“I am glad you are here to assess
our pre-election preparations. It reminds me of the visit by the then secretary
of state, John Kerry, before the 2015 polls,” he said.
“We appreciate the concern of
America for stability in developing countries.
“Having run for president three
times, ending up at the supreme court all three times, before God and
technology made a way for me the fourth time, I know what it is to be cheated
at the polls.
“What they used to do was just to
award votes, and tell anyone who was dissatisfied to go to court. But we won’t
do that. I am prepared to give the opposition the opportunities I was not given
in the past.”
The president assured his
visitors that he has instructed heads of security agencies not to be partisan
but to do their work professionally and allow the will of the people to
prevail.
He noted that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) would keep faith with its priorities of securing
the country, reviving the economy, and fighting corruption, adding that he was
happy that the opposition has not been able to “successfully fault the focal
areas of the government”.
“We have done fairly well in the
areas we focused on. We know how many local government areas in the north-east
were under Boko Haram occupation before we came,” he said.
“That does not happen again, save
for cowardly attacks, using young girls as suicide bombers. Other areas of
security challenge like farmers/herdsmen clashes are receiving attention, and
would be sorted out as much as possible.”
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