National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has said Nigeria’s future is not in the hands of retired generals but the electorate.
Oshiomhole also said retired generals and ex-heads of state were against the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He spoke on Saturday during the APC Presidential Campaign held at the Minna International Fair, Niger State.
The APC chairman said that there was a plan to replay what occurred when Buhari was the military head of state and was removed because of his strict stance against graft.
He said, “Many of the retired generals are against President Buhari that he will not rule for eight years while they did more than eight years.
“I remember that they did it in the past but this time, the plan will not work. The future of Nigeria is not in the hands of retired generals or former heads of state. It is in the hands of the general people.”
Oshiomhole also accused the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, of mismanagement public funds, adding that “during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s era, Atiku as his deputy, took N16bn from the country’s account and shared it amongst private individuals.
“If Atiku had seen the crowd in Kaduna and Bauchi states that welcomed us, he would prefer to remain in the United States of America.”
He alleged that Atiku was working with Obasanjo to rig the elections, saying, “Everywhere PDP goes, it says the elections will be rigged. We need to play the videos of where Obasanjo and Atiku said the election must be won by the PDP.”
Oshiomhole noted that the APC didn’t need to rig any election because it remained a firm believer of one man, one vote.
In his address, Buhari, urged the people of Niger State to vote for him and other candidates of his party, pledging to complete all the roads across the state.
Also, the state party Chairman, Jibrin Imam, promised the President that the state would give him 101 per cent votes.
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