The presidential candidate of the
Young Progressive Party, YPP, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has revealed why he did
not challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at Presidential Election
Tribunal.
Moghalu, who alleged that his
votes were stolen, noted that his reason was personal and not because the
people’s votes counted.
He said that he refused to go to
court because he did not think it was
the wisest action.
Moghalu stated this at the
weekend during the launch of a book written by the Bishop of the Niger Diocese,
Anambra state, Rev. Dr. Owen Nwokolo at Ascension Church, Isiafor, Obosi.
In the case between Buhari and
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the Tribunal, Prof. Moghalu urged the
judiciary to stand firm to save democracy.
“I did not think it was the best
thing to do at that time. The PDP came second at the election, they went to
court! I felt that’s okay, also by the time you are not APC, you are not PDP
and a small party such as we are, I said our votes were stolen and I stand by
it and also said that even if all our votes properly counted, we would not have
won the election.
“Nevertheless, the votes were not
properly counted but I chose not go to court. It was a simple, practical
decision that I made; I didn’t think it was the wisest cause of action at that
time.” He said.
On whether he has confidence on
the tribunal, he said: “We can only hope that our judicial system will stand
this test they are going through and I think we can only make that judgement at
the end of the day.
“The areas President Buhari
should focus on are security and economy. This country is moving, drifting into
a failed state. With the security situation we have in Nigeria today, if it is
not corrected the fact that the state is failing us is staring us in the face.
“So, it is imperative on the
government to perform its number one duty to secure the lives of the citizen of
Nigeria and then, the economy. Poverty is obvious in this country and it is a
shame that Nigeria with all our human resources is judged the poverty capital
of the world.
“We have the highest numbers of
absolutely poor people; it’s a reflection of the failure of our leadership to
focus on economic transformation, economic development and structurally lifting
millions of people out of poverty. It takes knowledge and skill, politics won’t
do it. That is technical knowhow, backed up by political will to manage the
economy.”
“I have been offering my advice
which has been in public domain with my economic thinking; it is available to
government and to anybody who wants it. I have seen certain policy moves which
I know it is a reflection of things I used to say during my campaign. I saw the
government moving to create some sort of fund for innovation; these were my
ideas and if they want to make use of them, good.
“My advice to the president is
that he should pick his cabinet very carefully and competence should be his
number one criteria,” Moghalu stated.
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