The National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday said former President Olusegun Obasanjo would
not escape prosecution if President Muhammadu Buhari decides to probe the power
sector.
The former governor of Edo State
spoke in Jos during the opening of Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong’s reelection campaign
at the Rwang Pam Stadium.
He said, “Obasanjo said in 1999 that if he was elected
President with his Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, he would fix the power
sector in six months and that there would be electricity supply all over
Nigeria. Many years later, we realised what he meant.
“He and his Vice-President spent
$16bn on power sector, after eight years
there was more darkness in Nigeria than when they assumed office. So when
President Muhammadu Buhari took over in
2015, he asked a question: where is the power? If Mr President pursues the
answer to that question to its logical conclusion, he must put Obasanjo on
trial.”
Oshiomhole expressed regrets that
those he said supervised the collapse of the power sector and other sectors of
the economy had regrouped to return to power.
He urged Nigerians to reject them
in the forthcoming general elections to enable the country to move forward.
He said, “Atiku is from the customs and (Peter)
Obi is a trader. Their ticket is part of Obasanjo’s PDP. They can never
change their colours. Already, Atiku has
said he would sell the NNPC if elected. If given the chance, I’m sure he would
sell the country. So, Nigerians should
not vote them during the next election.”
Oshiomhole, who presented the APC’s flag to Lalong
commended his administration’s performance in the last three and half
years, especially for restoring peace to
the state.
He urged the people to support
his re-election bid.
Also speaking on the occasion,
the Director-General of the Buhari
Campaign Organisation and former governor of Rivers State, Mr Rotimi
Amaechi, said Buhari meant well for the country.
Lalong expressed confidence that
the APC would win all elections in the state and at the national level.
In an obvious reference to the
PDP governorship candidate, Jeremiah Useni, the governor said, “I was told that I was contesting an election
with somebody. I looked at my left and right, and I said I was looking for the
man. It turned out that I am contesting an election against a boy. Can we
contest an election with a boy and expect to lose? It means that the election
is finished.”
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