Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari who is re-contesting for another term of 4 years, has asked Nigerians not to make the “mistake” of voting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into power.
The president said this during the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential rally in Lokoja, Kogi state capital, on Wednesday.
Buhari said a vote for the PDP would return the country to “the ugly past”, accusing the opposition party of squandering the nation’s wealth.
“All we’re trying to do is to remind you to think, ‘Where were we in 2015 when we came in (and) where are we now?’ ‘What have we been able to achieve with the resources available to us?’” he asked
“To remind you, I have challenged anybody in Nigeria to check in Europe, America and Asia that Nigeria was producing 2.1 million barrels a day at the cost of US$100. So, Nigeria was earning 2,100,000 times US$100 times 16 years.
“Where was that money? The railway was killed. There was no power. They said they spent $16 billion, not naira, on power. Where’s the power?
“I’m warning you, don’t make any mistake of choosing any PDP candidate. What they will try to do is to cover the theft they’ve committed against the nation.”
He promised to secure the country against insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes.
The president also promised to sustain the “progress” recorded in all sectors, while dismissing allegations that the APC planned to rig the elections.